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Lydia D. Avila is the Deputy Director of Grants and Power Building for the Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund. She has dedicated her career to working directly with community members and young people in the US climate movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lydia is from a working-class suburb of Los Angeles County, a first generation Mexican-American, and an organizer first and foremost. Lydia has spent most of her career immersed in the US climate movement and most recently served as the Executive Director of the Power Shift Network. Lydia attended UCLA for her undergraduate education where she was involved with student-initiated, student-run social justice service organizations. After college, she was a community organizer for the Sierra Club in Texas where she led two major \u201cBeyond Coal\u201d campaigns. In 2015 Lydia earned a Master of Public Administration degree at NYU\u2019s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, specializing in nonprofit management. Lydia is currently the Deputy Director of Grants and Powerbuilding at the Equity Fund. She works from her home in Los Angeles accompanied by her plump cat, King Louie.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lydia D. Avila is\u00a0the Deputy Director of Grants and Power Building\u00a0for the Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund. She has dedicated her career to working directly with community members and young people in the US climate movement.<\/p>\n

Lydia is from a working-class suburb of Los Angeles County, a first generation Mexican-American, and an organizer first and foremost. Lydia has spent most of her career immersed in the US climate movement and most recently served as the Executive Director of the Power Shift Network. Lydia attended UCLA for her undergraduate education where she was involved with student-initiated, student-run social justice service organizations. After college, she was a community organizer for the Sierra Club in Texas where she led two major \u201cBeyond Coal\u201d campaigns. In 2015 Lydia earned a Master of Public Administration degree at NYU\u2019s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, specializing in nonprofit management. Lydia is currently the Deputy Director of Grants and Powerbuilding at the Equity Fund. 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