Gabriela Vázquez

Gabriela “Gabi” Vázquez (she/her) is the Deputy Director of La Defensa. She is a lifelong Angeleno and organizer raised in the neighborhood of Highland Park. Gabriela joined La Defensa in 2020 as an organizer on the historic campaign to pass Measure J in LA County, a ballot initiative that earmarked hundreds of millions of dollars toward alternatives to incarceration and community-based services instead of law enforcement. Gabriela is on the Executive Team of the JusticeLA Coalition, working alongside other organizers toward abolition and racial justice. She was selected as a Social Justice Partners LA 2021-2022 cohort member. She also serves as a Board Member for the California Women’s List. Gabriela has a B.A. in Creative Writing and a minor degree in Labor Studies from UC Riverside.