Sunu P. Chandy lives in Washington, D.C. with her family, and is the daughter of immigrants to the U.S. from Kerala, India. Sunu’s collection of poems, My Dear Comrades, was selected for the 2021 Terry J. Cox Prize, and will be published by Regal House in 2023. Sunu’s work can be found in publications including Asian American Literary Review, Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Poets on Adoption, Split this Rock’s online social justice database, The Quarry, and in anthologies including The Penguin Book of Indian Poets,  The Long Devotion: Poets Writing Motherhood  and This Bridge We Call Home: Radical Visions for Transformation.  Sunu has completed degrees in Peace and Global Studies/Women’s Studies, Law, and Fine Arts with a focus on Creative Writing/Poetry. Sunu has served on many boards of directors including with the South Asian Women's Creative Collective (SAWCC) in New York City, and is currently on the board of the Transgender Law Center.  Sunu started out as a union-side labor and employment lawyer in NYC, and has now worked for over 20 years as a civil rights attorney, including as a litigator with EEOC for 15 years. Sunu is currently the legal director of the National Women’s Law Center where she advocates for gender justice and civil rights protections including through leading their litigation projects and providing guidance on their Workplace Justice and LGBQT Rights related policy work.