Assata de la Cruz (she/her) is a Black and Indigenous Queer mama still proudly living on her ancestral lands just outside of Africatown, Alabama. She is the Executive Director of Savage Daughters and serves as the Director of Community Outreach for Soulforce. She studied Journalism and Communication with a minor in Theology at Springhill College and today is a continuous student of Herbalism and Yoga.
Her unwavering passion for justice is reflected in her 20+ years of organizing experience with various organizations including Dream Defenders, Party For Socialism and Liberation and National LGBTQ Task Force and as featured in Teen Vogue.
Living in an interfaith family, she describes herself as an offering of alhamdulillah and hallelujah while still being firmly rooted in her traditional Yoruba and Indigenous spiritual practices.
