Meet Rowena
Rowena Brown is a California Legislative District Director and award-winning community organizer and advocate for children, working families, safe streets, and effective solutions to challenges such as homelessness.
An East Bay native, Black and Queer woman who lost both of her parents by the age of 17, Rowena knows firsthand why the right to healthcare, the right to safety, the right to housing, the right to live in a safe, clean neighborhood, and having a thriving small business and local economy is essential to every Oakland family and our City’s future.
Rowena Brown is a California Legislative District Director and award-winning community organizer and advocate for children, working families, safe streets, and effective solutions to challenges such as homelessness.
An East Bay native, Black and Queer woman who lost both of her parents by the age of 17, Rowena knows first hand why the right to healthcare, the right to safety, the right to housing, the right to live in a safe, clean neighborhood, and having a thriving small business and local economy is essential to every Oakland family and our City’s future.
Meet Rowena
Proud Oakland Resident for over 20 years.
PROVEN LEADER
State Board Member, Black Women Organized for Political Action
Elected Democratic Central Committee Representative, 18th Assembly District
Board Member, East Bay Young Democrats
State Legislative District Director and Senior Field Representative, Asm.Mia Bonta
Oakland City Council constituent coordinator
College of Alameda Career and Workforce Development Coach
8th Grade Civics Educator, recognized with the 2018 Changemaker of the Year Award
Studied Economics at Fudan University, Shanghai China
Rowena has served the people of Oakland with a leadership path that has focused on addressing the needs of our most vulnerable residents: working as an 8th-grade classroom teacher and providing free eye exams and glasses to K-12 students; serving as a job coach and career counselor for dislocated workers, re-entry, and disabled adults; and connecting at-risk families to COVID-19 resources, testing, and healthy food.
An East Bay native, Rowena received her degree from the University of California Law, San Francisco; her B.A. from Mills College; and an A.A. from Laney College.
As an Oakland City Council constituent services coordinator and State Legislative District Director for Asm.Mia Bonta, Rowena has been at the forefront of efforts to organize neighborhood activism, address blight and illegal dumping, fix potholes, and shut down drug hot spots. Currently, she is leading efforts to secure Oakland’s fair share of State resources to fight human trafficking, reduce gun violence and protect the clean air we all breathe.
Rowena has served the people of Oakland with a leadership path that has focused on addressing the needs of our most vulnerable residents: working as an 8th-grade classroom teacher and providing free eye exams and glasses to K-12 students; serving as a job coach and career counselor for dislocated workers, re-entry, and disabled adults; and connecting at-risk families to COVID-19 resources, testing, and healthy food.
As an Oakland City Council constituent services coordinator and State Legislative District Director for Asm.Mia Bonta,Rowena has been at the forefront of efforts to organize neighborhood activism, address blight and illegal dumping, fix potholes, and shut down drug hot spots. Currently, she is leading efforts to secure Oakland’s fair share of State resources to fight human trafficking, reduce gun violence and protect the clean air we all breathe.
An East Bay native, Rowena received her degree from the University of California Law, San Francisco; her B.A. from Mills College; and an A.A. from Laney College.
PROVEN LEADER
State Legislative District Director Assemblymember Mia Bonta
State Board Member, Black Women Organized for Political Action
Elected Democratic Central Committee Representative, 18th Assembly District
Board Member, East Bay Young Democrats
Oakland City Council Constituent Coordinator
College of Alameda Career and Workforce Development Coach
8th Grade Civics Educator, recognized with the 2018 Changemaker of the Year Award
Studied Economics at Fudan University, Shanghai China