Lila Zucker (she/her) serves as New Disabled South’s Organizing Director, bringing more than 15 years of experience as an organizer, trainer and movement builder to the role. As a queer, disabled organizer, Lila has spent her career building solidarity across intersectional movements in labor, voting and social justice spaces. Union organizing runs deep in Lila’s family, and Lila began organizing within the labor movement in high school. Lila’s deep belief in working towards our collective liberation through cross-movement and cross-disability solidarity guides all of her work. Most recently, she worked as Fair Fight Action’s Deputy Organizing Director, where she oversaw the organization’s voter education and turnout efforts. She earned her B.A. in Sociology with a minor in Labor Studies from the University of Washington.

Lila lives in New Orleans, Louisiana with her partner, their dog and an extensive houseplant collection. In her free time Lila enjoys cooking, reading speculative fiction, bird watching and dodging potholes.