Cecilia Chung, Senior Advisor at Transgender Law Center, is an internationally recognized leader who advocates for HIV/AIDS awareness and access to care, LGBT equality and equity, and human rights. Cecilia has been a vocal advocate for transgender women and people living with HIV. Cecilia is the former chair of the Finance and Planning committee of San Francisco Health Commission. Cecilia is also a member of the Advisory Council of Women Living with HIV of WHO. Cecilia has served many roles in the HIV movement including the Board of the Asian Pacific Islander Wellness Center; being a founding producer of Trans March, she organized one of the world's largest annual transgender events which has since been replicated in cities across the US; a member of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, and a member of the PCB NGO delegation at UNAIDS. In 2015, Cecilia launched Positively Trans, a national, constituents-led project that focus on policy advocacy and leadership development of transgender people living with HIV, especially transgender women of color. Her story was featured in ABC's docudrama, "When We Rise."
