Alexandra Suh: Advocate for Koreatown's immigrant workers

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Alexandra Suh, executive director of the Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance, has a long history of advocating for immigrant workers.

For Alexandra Suh, hot labor summer wasn't a fleeting trend. It's been her focus for more than two decades. Suh, the daughter of Korean immigrants, is executive director of the Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance, a resource center and advocacy group for low-wage immigrant workers in the bustling, diverse neighborhood just west of downtown L.A.

has tackled immigration reform and affordable housing, among other social and economic justice issues facing low-income Koreatown residents. But its primary focus is workers' rights. Under Suh's leadership,

 

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