Join the DWMC for a discussion with Chelsea Tu about environmental justice and water issues.

Chelsea Hsin-Feng Tu is the Executive Director of Monterey Waterkeeper where she works to ensure safe drinking water and access to clean water for all communities. Chelsea also teaches Environmental Justice: Race, Class, and the Environment at the University of California Berkeley School of Law.

Previously, Chelsea worked as a senior attorney at the Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment (CRPE), where she advocated for sustainable land use and infrastructure investments in low-income communities and communities of color. She also led statewide climate justice advocacy at Public Advocates, and worked to protect freshwater resources, curb sprawl, and reduce toxins and pesticides at the Center for Biological Diversity. Ms. Tu received her law degree from the American University Washington College of Law and completed her undergraduate work in environmental sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. Chelsea lives in Seaside and enjoys kayaking, diving, and backpacking.