An immigrant from East Punjab, Ambri believes everyone should have the right to live with dignity wherever they may choose. She is guided and inspired in her work by the Sikh principle of sarbat da bhala—the wellbeing of all humanity.

Prior to joining Pangea in May 2022, Ambri was a worker-owner at the Cheese Board Collective, where she worked for eight years on production and served on various committees including accountability, conflict resolution, evaluations, hiring, and bookkeeping. From 2020 to 2022, she also served as the project coordinator for the South Asian Family Approaches to Disease (SAFAD) study at Stanford University, which focuses on improving resources for South Asian breast cancer survivors and their informal caregivers. Before that, Ambri worked in development at Ensaaf, a nonprofit organization working to end impunity and achieve justice for crimes against humanity in India, with a special focus on Punjab, by documenting abuses, bringing perpetrators to justice, and organizing survivors. She found an appreciation for collective structures as an HIV Test Counselor at the Berkeley Free Clinic, and feels fortunate to be continually involved with non-hierarchical organizations. She is a volunteer at the Bay Area Immigration Bond Fund.

Ambri received her undergraduate degree in journalism and political science with a specialization in Asian Studies from Michigan State University (’07), and a Master of Science in Community Health and Prevention Research from Stanford University (’18). She was a Teach For America (’07) corps member in the Bay Area.

Ambri is fluent in Punjabi, English and Hindi, has a working knowledge of Urdu, and is slowly learning Spanish.