Sunu P. Chandy (she/her) is a social justice activist as a poet and a civil rights attorney. She is the daughter of immigrants from Kerala, India, and lives in Washington, DC with her family. Sunu’s award-winning collection of poems, My Dear Comrades, was published by Regal House. Sunu’s work can be found in anthologies including The Penguin Book of Indian Poets and The Long Devotion: Poets Writing Motherhood. Sunu is currently a Senior Advisor with Democracy Forward, and serves on the board of the Transgender Law Center. Sunu has been named as one of the Queer Women of Washington.
Sunu has previously lived in Richmond, Indiana; Nashville, Tennessee; Port Antonio, Jamaica; New Vienna, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; Kerala, India; Boston/Cambridge, Massachusetts, and for over 17 years in Brooklyn, New York. Most recently, she has lived in Washington, DC with her family since the fall of 2014.
Outside of her legal work, Sunu can be found taking part in a writing group, spin class, yoga class, poetry reading or meditation group. She also loves playing board games and making art with her family, window shopping (for books, shoes, necklaces, furniture, cabinet knobs, tiles, or almost anything), trying a new restaurant for date night, and chatting with friends (including on the phone).