Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Profiles: Karen Cross

For Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, AFL-CIO is spotlighting various Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights in the United States. Today’s profile is Karen Cross of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT).

Karen Cross is currently the secretary-treasurer of the Boston Teachers Union and has been a math teacher for the past 24 years. She is also treasurer of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance Massachusetts chapter and a trustee of the Boston Retirement Board. In addition, she has been part of a cohort of the Trustee Leadership Forum at Harvard Law School’s Center for Labor and a Just Economy for the past two years.