Alicia Garza is an activist and writer best known as one of the three people who founded the Black Lives Matter movement in 2013. Garza has also organized around issues related to health, student services, and rights for domestic workers as well as violence against trans and gender nonconforming people of color. Garza describes herself as a queer social justice activist and Marxist. She is currently the special projects director for the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA), which strives to get better pay and working conditions for nannies and housekeepers. She also serves on the board of directors for the School of Unity and Liberation (SOUL) and Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity (BOLD), both based in Oakland, California where Garza lives with her husband.