Carunya (Caro) Achar serves as the Engagement Coordinator at the ACLU of Texas.
Caro received her Bachelor's in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University. She has experience in both union organizing and community organizing, at National Nurses United and Labor Network for Sustainability, respectively.
Caro returned to her hometown to pursue a Master's at the University of Houston's Graduate College of Social Work, where she also worked as a graduate research assistant on the study “Reducing Civic Inequality: Facilitating and Barriers to AAPI Youth Civic Engagement.”
She's enthusiastic about bringing her organizing expertise and passion for community care to the ACLU of Texas. Both her personal and professional endeavors are soundtracked by fellow Houstonian and national treasure, Beyoncé.