Dee is passionate about creating systems that enable people to live their most effective lives. Dee is a multi-racial first and second generation American. She is originally from Oakland, California. Her previous professional experience includes work as a physicist, high-tech business owner, technology executive, artist, published author, and disability advocate.
Dee connects to this work not only as a person with multiple disabilities, but in relationship to other family members with disabilities, including those who have been institutionalized. Dee became homeless for the first time while fleeing domestic violence as a child. She regularly connects with her brother, who has been homeless much of his adult life.
Dee spent a great deal of her professional life as a change management consultant and technology director. She has authored or edited over a dozen books and has been a speaker at many national conferences.
Dee became especially passionate about disability advocacy when she worked on a project helping artists with disabilities be more financially successful. Dee gave workshops and private consultations around the state to help artists understand their benefits in relationship to earning. This work solidified her desire to transfer her skills to disability rights and advocacy.
