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I joined TUWU because growing up in a low-wage immigrant household, constantly watching my family struggle to survive, and learning about the different systems of oppression, I knew I wanted to work directly with the Bay Area community. TUWU (then YWU) was the perfect opportunity to do just that. I was not aware of the high level of wage theft that occurs daily until I began working as an outreach coordinator. Throughout my experience as part of TUWU, I have come to understand that there is a great need for us, as a working class, to not only have a space to go demand our rights and stolen wages, but also to raise awareness about the value of our work and build camaraderie to organize and take collective action against exploitation. My hope for our worker center is to continue growing in the Bay Area and further out as a center that workers know they can go to not just to organize, but also to collectively grow our radical imagination and build a different economy where people are put first over profit.