Dechen Wangdu

Dechen Wangdu is an American-raised Tibetan. She has been a prominent activist for Tibet, struggling in concert with her Beastie Boys husband, Adam Yauch, to help make the Tibetan cause known all over the world. Dechen and Robert Thurman are featured as important scholars in the documentary film, Free Tibet (1998), which was produced by Adam Yauch. Dechen and Adam were married in May of 1998, and they have together produced a daughter named Tenzin Losel Yauch.