Our Team

Bianca Gomez is an organizer, educator, and longtime advocate whose work centers on ending both interpersonal and state violence. She has worked alongside survivors of domestic and sexual violence—offering direct services and advocacy, developing healing-centered programs, and organizing for community-based alternatives rooted in care, accountability, and true justice.

 

Bianca’s passion lives at the intersection of gender justice and youth liberation, and her work
has consistently centered the leadership, safety, and joy of Black womyn, girls, and gender-expansive youth. She has organized with and for communities targeted by systems of punishment—challenging carceral responses to harm, advancing survivor-led strategies, and
building campaigns that demand resources, dignity, and real safety for those most impacted.

 

A key part of her work has also focused on confronting and ending anti-Blackness in all systems, and building structures that affirm Black life, leadership, and liberation. She began her career as a special education teacher, where she saw firsthand how schools and systems often criminalize and fail Black and Brown youth and communities as a whole. That experience shaped her lifelong dedication to dismantling youth criminalization and building
radical education spaces that cultivate power and political consciousness.

She holds a B.S. in Special Education from the University of Akron and an M.A. in Afro-American Studies from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. For Bianca, education is not just about information—it’s about remembering, resistance, and planting the seeds of transformation across generations. Her leadership is rooted in love, accountability, and a belief in the power of survivors, youth, and community to build a world where our people can live free of violence.

 

Bianca is a loving auntie, pawrent to an active husky, and finds joy in baking desserts for her
loved ones.

Bianca can be reached via email at bianca@bbwpcoalition.org.

Ms. Thao is a Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of the Brown Womyn Power Coalition, Inc., a statewide coalition whose mission is to build the capacities of Black and Brown advocates and their communities to end violence against women, queer and trans folx and young people.

 

Thao is a community organizer and an advocate for Hmong womyn and girls. She is deeply involved in the movement to end violence against womyn and children through her work with the international Building Our Future Campaign and her leadership at the Black & Brown Womyn Power Coalition, Inc. Thao is an experienced nonprofit professional with expertise in capacity building, program development, nonprofit management, and fundraising.

 

From Eau Claire, WI, she serves on local non-profit boards such as the Chippewa Valley Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union and is an active community advocate. Thao’s advocacies spanned across Wisconsin as she also serves on the Budget Committee of the Wisconsin Governor's Council on Domestic Violence and the Attorney General Sexual Assault Response Team.

 

She is the recipient of the 2021 United Bridges Award, the 2019 Volume One Vanguard Award, and the 2016 Eau Claire Children's Legacy Outstanding Award.  In 2021, Thao was recognized by members of the Wisconsin Senate with a Citation by the Senate for her courage, resilience, and outstanding champion for all.

 

Thao graduated from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI with a Bachelor of Social Work and completed her Master of Social Work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2016. She is a proud mother of 5 children and outside of her advocacy work, spends her time running her family’s farm and her consulting business.

 

Thao can be reached via email at pa@bbwpcoalition.org.

Growing up Vang was always surrounded by Hmoob womyn who were breaking gender norms. Over the years her passion to fight for justice has grown due to the amazing womyn of color in her life. They’ve shown her that this is something we must do, to survive and to thrive in a society that is against us.

 

She’s an ambitious Hmoob womyn, who’s invested in empowering her community and fighting for liberation.

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Vang can be reached via email at ciasiab@bbwpcoalition.org.

Ka Vue was born and raised in Eau Claire, WI. 

 

Ms. Vue graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire with her Bachelor's in Organizational Communication and an LGBTQ+ Certificate where she was an activist in battling systemic injustice on campus; aiding in the creation of the Critical Hmong Studies Program. She then graduated from the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse with her Master's in Student Affairs Administration in 2021. She served as a Sexual Assault Victim Advocate at Family Support Center prior to transitioning to this role and currently serves as a Military Victim Advocate for the Wisconsin Army National Guard. 

 

She believes in harnessing the power of collective and radical hope to bring forth change. 

 

She is a homebody and enjoys spending time with her brothers, traveling with loved ones, and writing/performing spoken word poetry. 

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Vue can be reached via email at ka@bbwpcoalition.org.

Casey Moua is a Hmong, Queer, and Trans activist dedicated to envisioning a world free from white supremacy and patriarchy because they believe Queer, Trans, and Intersex BIPOC deserve to exist authentically and unapologetically. Casey graduated college in the year 2020 with a BA in Communications with a minor in Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

 

During their time in college, they developed a passion for analyzing power in communication and how it’s been utilized to gain, maintain, and dismantle power. They have been in culturally specific SA/DV advocacy for about 3 years focusing on Hmong QTI youth. Their work is a labor of love, centered on care and healing, with the understanding that embracing their own authenticity will help liberate others to do the same.

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Casey is passionate about co-developing accessible and inclusive pathways for transformative justice—ensuring that people of all backgrounds, regardless of education or experience, can engage in meaningful change. Their commitment extends across generations, bringing both youth and elders into the movement for justice and liberation.

In every space they enter, they seek to learn, grow, and share their warmth, fostering connections that nurture collective healing and empowerment.

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Moua can be reached via email at casey@bbwpcoalition.org.

Tammie Xiong currently serves as the executive director for the Hmong American Women’s Association (HAWA) in Milwaukee. HAWA continues to be one of the very few advocacy organizations in the country dedicating all of their resources to support Hmong women and girls, especially those impacted by gender-based violence.

 

She also serves as the current chair for the Viv Ncaus: Hmong Women Giving Circle. It is the first Hmong women giving circle in Wisconsin that has also been nationally recognized by the Asian American Pacific Islander in Philanthropy for their commitment to community-based social justice work. Tammie also has experience in working with Asian refugee/immigrant communities in Milwaukee and developing their capacity through teacher professional development, parent training, literacy development, and social justice advocacy. She holds an M.S. in adult education and program planning.

 

Tammie can be reached via email at tammie@hawamke.org.

Lina Juarbe Botella is a social and human rights activist with more than 20 years experience working to end violence against all women and girls. Lina currently serves as Director of Community Engagement for A Call to Men. She is responsible for community partnerships and outreach, and works closely with schools and organizations to implement A Call to Men’s Live Respect Coaching Healthy, Respectful Manhood curriculum, of which she is a co-author.

 

Juarbe Botella has a diverse and rich background, and describes herself as a community organizer and builder. She received the Living Legend Award for community organizing and her work against racism. She also received the Voices of Courage Award for her advocacy and leadership working alongside clergy sexual assault survivors. She received the Unsung Heroes award for her commitment, service, and leadership in the Latino community. She is the proud mother of eight beautiful children.

 

Juarbe Botella was born and raised in Puerto Rico, and is located in the Midwest. 

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She can be reacheded via email at linajuarbebotella@gmail.com.