Phi Nguyen is a civil rights attorney and community advocate who has dedicated herself to building power for immigrants and communities of color for over a decade. She is currently the Director of Democracy of Demos. Prior to joining Demos, Phi led immigrant justice and voting rights work at Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta, first as Litigation Director and then as Executive Director. As Litigation Director, Phi helped block a Georgia state law that restricted voters’ right to an interpreter at the polls, as well as a voter registration process that disenfranchised thousands of voters of color. 
Phi graduated from the Georgia State University School of Law in 2009 and practiced as a medical malpractice trial lawyer for eight years before dedicating herself to community-centered civil rights litigation. Growing up in the South as a Vietnamese American with refugee parents, Phi’s life experiences formed into her passion to protect and expand the civil rights of historically marginalized communities. Besides civil rights litigation, Phi’s power building strategies have included voter registration, education, and mobilization, as well as policy advocacy. In 2016, she led    Vietnamese Voices, a voter registration drive targeting Vietnamese Americans that became a jumping off point for further grassroots efforts to politically mobilize Asian American communities. From 2017 to 2020, Phi also co-produced Wake Up, Atlanta, a web series dedicated to educating and civically empowering Asian American millennials in Georgia.