Tracy Chang is the chef/owner of PAGU restaurant in Cambridge, MA. Before Covid-19 she employed 35, of which 83% were POC immigrants. During Covid-19, she co-founded Off Their Plate (OTP), a grassroots initiative to feed frontline healthcare workers while restoring restaurant jobs and livelihoods. In 12 weeks, OTP expanded to 9 cities nationwide, raised $5.8M+, served 578,000+ meals, and restored $2.8M+ in wages. 

Chang is a 2020 James Beard Foundation nominated chef for Best Chef Northeast. She previously worked at O Ya restaurant in Boston and 3 Star Michelin Martin Berasategui in San Sebastian Spain. For the past decade, she has been a teaching fellow and advisor with Harvard University’s Science and Cooking program. She is a graduate of Lexington High School, holds a B.S. in Finance from Boston College, and certificates in pâtisserie from Le Cordon Bleu Paris. She is fluent in Mandarin and Spanish.