Danica Yu is a technology fellow with the Future of Work(ers) team, where she works at the intersection of technology and building worker power.
Before joining Ford, Danica worked at Google as a staffing and diversity specialist and then as an engineering program manager on Google Maps, helping direct product development. She also worked on product launches at X, the moonshot factory, and Google Earth.
After working at Google, Danica pursued a master’s degree and completed her capstone research on AI ethics in Kenya, in collaboration with the Mozilla Foundation. She also worked with Asian Americans Advancing Justice on facial recognition policy, immigration rights, and anti-hate advocacy.
Danica has a bachelor’s degree in environmental policy and anthropology from Washington University in St. Louis and a master’s degree in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
