Mujeres Unidas y Activas (MUA) is a grassroots organization of Latina immigrant women with a dual mission of promoting personal transformation and building community power for social and economic justice. MUA’s innovative leadership development model trains members to plan and implement our programs and lead our work for social justice. MUA is proud to be a national model for Latina immigrant empowerment and organizing and to have created a healthy, sustainable grassroots-membership led organization. Through the leadership development of our community members and the founding of a variety of local, state, and national coalitions and alliances, MUA has constructed a political force that enables Latina immigrants to effectively advocate on their own behalf, and in so doing impact the lives of countless immigrants in the Bay Area and beyond. MUA has helped cultivate a strong base of women, once isolated and disenfranchised, who are now leaders and organizers –defining and leading community education and organizing efforts on the issues that most affect them.