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Vivianne Mbaku

Director, Equity in Elder Justice

Vivianne joined Justice in Aging in April of 2019 and leads a cross issue team that ensures our work on elder justice issues is grounded in advancing equity for older adults of color, LGBTQ older adults, immigrant older adults, those with limited English proficiency, and others. She also works with the National Center on Law & Elder Rights.

Vivianne started her legal career working as a staff attorney for the Utah State Courts Self Help Center. She has also worked as a legal aid attorney in Utah and California, practicing consumer and public benefits law. Vivianne completed an appellate clerkship with the Honorable Senior Justice Petra Jimenez-Maes of the New Mexico Supreme Court.

Vivianne is a 2012 graduate of the University of Utah’s S.J. Quinney College of Law and earned a B.A. in Politics and Latin American Studies from Scripps College. She also serves as a stakeholder member of the California Elder & Disability Justice Coordinating Council.

Vivianne lives in her favorite city in the world, Los Angeles with her husband. She enjoys traveling, learning languages and finding new restaurants.

State Bar Admission: California

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