Aria Sa’id is a transgender advocate and award winning political strategist based in San Francisco Bay Area. She is a founder of the Transgender District – the world’s first transgender district, celebrating the resilience, culture, and presence of transgender people in San Francisco’s famed Tenderloin neighborhood, and previously served as the organization’s Executive Director. She is also the founder of Kween Culture Initiative – a social and cultural empowerment project for Black transgender women. Ms. Sa’id and her efforts have been featured in numerous media platforms including Forbes, CNN, The Daily Mail, OUT Magazine, Marie Claire, The Guardian, Huffington Post, CBS, Vice, and San Francisco Chronicle.
Aria is an alum of SPI-State.