About Monique

Monique Tú Nguyen currently serves as Executive Director of the Mayor's Office for Immigrant Advancement in Boston, where she leads initiatives fostering stability, economic opportunity, and belonging for the city's vibrant immigrant communities. A dedicated community leader, she has devoted her career to advancing human dignity, racial justice, and immigrant empowerment.

Before her current role, Nguyen spent over a decade as Executive Director of Matahari Women Workers' Center, where she championed the rights of domestic workers, women, immigrants and their families. Her leadership catalyzed transformative initiatives including the $1M MassUndocuFund COVID-19 relief fund for immigrant workers and the successful passage of the Massachusetts Domestic Workers Bill of Rights in 2014, which brought crucial protections to over 100,000 workers.

Born in Vancouver to Vietnamese refugee parents, Nguyen's passion for community-building is deeply rooted in her lived experience as an immigrant striving to build a society of true equity and belonging. Her impact and commitment has earned numerous awards and prestigious fellowships from the Move to End Violence Movement Maker/NoVo Foundation and Roddenberry Foundation and recognitions, including the May Takayanagi Making Waves Award/Asian American Resource Workshop, Salt of the Earth Award/Community Labor United, Horace Seldon Emerging Leader Award/Community Change Inc., and Immigrant Hero Award/Immigrant Learning Center.

A respected voice in immigrant rights and social justice, Nguyen has shared her insights through media outlets including the Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, and Huffington Post Live. Her organizational leadership extends to co-founding the Massachusetts Coalition of Domestic Workers and EMW Bookstore: Art, Technology, and Community Center. She has served on the boards of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, United for a Fair Economy, and the Stories Inspiring Movement.

Though she proudly calls Boston home, Nguyen carries with her the influences of Vancouver, Houston, and her parents' refugee journey—experiences that continue to shape her vision for inclusive community building and social change.