Debra Suh, Esq. worked for nonprofit organizations for over three decades to build a safer and more equitable society. As the executive director of the Center for the Pacific Asian Family (CPAF), an organization founded to support survivors of domestic and sexual violence in the immigrant Asian/Pacific Islander community, she addressed the intersections of gender and racial/ethnic inequity for over 23 years. Prior to joining CPAF, she worked at the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles where she established the Asian Unit to increase indigent Asian/Pacific Islander immigrants’ access to legal services and representation. 

Debra serves on the board of the Asian Pacific Institute on Gender Based Violence and Sequoyah School in Pasadena (where her son attended high school), and California Office of Emergency Service’s Domestic Violence Advisory Council. She also served as vice president and board member of the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence, co-lead of the Culturally Responsive Domestic Violence Network, and president and board member of the Korean American Bar Association.

Debra grew up in Pasadena after immigrating from Korea and Brazil. She has been living in the Glendale area for over 25 years where she raised Nina and Julian who attended Glendale public schools, including R.D. White and Mark Keppel’s Korean dual immersion program, respectively. She’s now raising two furry rescue dogs, MIlo & Kai, with her spouse.