Leanne Fan, Project Manager, is a second year PhD student in sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center, with research interest in labor, social movements, and urban innovation using mixed methods and computational techniques. She's previously worked on projects relating to electoral candidate preferences, intersectionality, and affordable housing. She is the DHRI coordinator, responsible for supporting community leaders to develop their local institutes and DH communities. From DHRI, she is learning how to garner institutional support to organize a diverse community across disciplines around a manifold of visions and projects.