Deepa Iyer

Deepa Iyer is the Executive Director of SAALT. Deepa is an immigrant   who moved to the United States from India when she was twelve years old.  An attorney by training, she has worked as a Staff Attorney at the Asian American Justice Center and as Legal Director at the Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center.  Deepa has also served as Trial Attorney at the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice where she worked closely on initiatives to address post 9/11 backlash discrimination.  Through her work over the past ten years, Deepa has advocated for effective policies and practices around language access, civil rights, immigration reform and voting rights.

Deepa has also taught classes at Columbia University, Hunter College and the University of Maryland about Asian and South Asian American communities, and has published articles about the impact of post 9/11 policies on South Asians in the United States.  Deepa is the Executive Producer of a documentary about hate crimes in the post 9/11 environment, and was recently featured in Beyond the Big Law Firm.  She is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and the University of Notre Dame Law School.

To reach Deepa, please email deepa@saalt.org.