Helen Chen

Helen graduated from Stanford in 1995 with a B.S. in Earth Systems. She received the Firestone Prize for her honors thesis on construction and demolition waste recycling in Hong Kong. She interned in the environmental remediation department at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where she researched techniques for detecting hazardous leaks at underground storage tanks. At Working Assets Capital Management, she researched the environmental impact of computer and electronics companies and developed guidelines for screening investments using environmental criteria. She graduated from the Energy and Resources Group at the University of California, Berkeley in 1997. As part of her master's thesis, she researched occupational exposures to lead in the printed circuit board assembly industry. After graduation, she received a Switzer Leadership Grant to work with the Asian Immigrant Women Advocates in Oakland. She worked closely with immigrant workers in the electronics industry to train workers to detect and reduce occupational health hazards. She attended Stanford Law School, and served as a staff attorney at the Asian Law Caucus, a civil rights organization, where she used a combination of direct legal services, community education, and advocacy to promote health and safety in the workplace. She is currently at the UC Berkeley Labor Occupational Health Program, where she develops health and safety educational materials, and promotes policies and programs that support workplace safety and environmental justice.