RACHEL WU
Community Stewardship Coordinator
Rachel Wu is the Community Stewardship Coordinator at Guardians of Flushing Bay. As a life-long Flushing resident, Rachel is committed to understanding how gentrification, development, and inequitable living conditions have impacted her neighbors and small businesses. She has an M.A. in Urban Affairs at CUNY Queens College, and has collaborated with the Queens Historical Society to research local gentrification and developed deeper relationships in her community as a Census Field Enumerator. In her role, Rachel stewards our community’s engagement in the issues impacting our watershed by organizing public programming at Flushing Bay and Creek, communicating to our members about ongoing advocacy efforts, and managing public-facing committees that foster grassroots decision-making.