Qian Julie Wang is a lit­i­ga­tor and the author of Beau­ti­ful Coun­try: A Mem­oir. She is the founder of Cen­tral Synagogue’s Jews of Col­or group and a mem­ber of its racial jus­tice task force and its social jus­tice lead­er­ship. She lives in Brook­lyn with her hus­band and their two dogs, Salty and Peppers.