Kaiya McCullough (USA)

Kaiya McCullough is a recent graduate from Harvard Law School and former professional soccer player. Throughout her playing career she was heavily involved in activism both on and off the field, becoming one of the first college athletes to kneel in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick in protest of police brutality. She was also involved in organizing movements around anti-racism in soccer and college athletes rights, and became a whistleblower for the rampant abuse in the NWSL. Kaiya is passionate about collective liberation and building solidarity across social movements. She is currently working as a Senior Law Clerk at the Los Angeles County Public Defender's office as she awaits her bar results.