Nika Soon-Shiong is the Publisher ofDrop Site News, an independent, investigative news organization dedicated to exposing the crimes of the powerful — particularly in conflicts where the U.S. government plays a key role. She founded Fund for Guaranteed Income, a nonprofit that designs and deploys technology to improve welfare systems, starting with thenation's largest guaranteed income pilot.
When Covid-19 hit, Nika developed publications on the use of digital technologies to deliver cash and developed a technical strategy for sending emergency funds to service workers nationwide withOne Fair Wage, where she now serves as Board Chair.
She’s currently producing Shooting the Messenger, following journalists in Gaza and Takeover, a documentary about the destructive impact of private equity. Nika is Executive Producer of Sundial, an upcoming short film about the civil war in Sudan, Free Leonard Peltier, which premiered at Sundance in 2025. She is an advisor at theFilm4Good Fund.
Nika served as Public SafetyCommissioner of West Hollywood and successfully advocated for reallocating dollars away from the sheriff’s department towards social services. Previously, she worked in the President’s Office of the World Bank Group to establish the Disruptive Technology Initiative. Her work included an operation providing social protection to 100 million West Africans and a social insurance platform for informal sector workers. Nika was also a researcher for Equal Education, where she organized national campaigns that changed the course of education and procurement policy in South Africa.
She holds a PhD from the University of Oxford, where her research focused on biometric surveillance in India. She received an MA in African Studies and a BA in International Relations from Stanford University, graduating Phi Beta Kappa.
Nika sits on the Board of Equal Education, Committee to Protect Journalists, and Compton Community Development Corporation. She speaks Spanish, Italian, Xhosa, as well as beginners Hindi and Arabic.