Lina Lee is the Founder and former Executive Director of Communities Resist, a legal services organization for housing justice in NYC. Lina started Communities Resist in June 2019 with a staff of 17 attorneys, organizers, and advocates and in the span of four and a half years, the organization has had one of the highest rates of growth across nonprofits serving over 4,000 tenants across NYC with a $6 million budget. It is the one of the largest provider of high impact affirmative legal services for low-income tenants across Brooklyn and Queens fighting against the most predatory landlords. Lina has extensive experience representing low-income immigrant tenants facing eviction, harassment, and housing discrimination in some of the most gentrified neighborhoods in NYC. She has worked closely with tenant and community organizers, played a lead role in community coalitions fighting displacement, and represented numerous tenant associations involved in protracted struggles against predatory landlords. Previously, Lina served as Deputy Director at Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A, and as a Staff Attorney at the MinKwon Center, where she represented Asian immigrant tenants across NYC in dire need of culturally and linguistically accessible legal services. It was with this perspective in mind that Lina founded Communities Resist.

Lina was recognized in 2021 Nonprofit 40 under 40, 2022 Nonprofit Power 100, 2023 Nonprofit Power 100 by City & State New York, and 2024 AAPI Power Players by PoliticsNY and amNY Metro.. Lina is also part of Coro, Immigration Civic Leadership Program, and implemented initiatives on language service programs in housing court. She currently serves on the MinKwon Center board, AABANY’s Pro Bono & Community Service Committee, and the Housing Court Advisory Committee. Ms. Lee received her B.S. degree from Cornell University and J.D. degree from Boston University School of Law.