After graduating from UCLA in 1997, Kidokoro began working at Communities for a Better Environment (CBE) as a Youth Program Organizer. CBE works with communities of color and working-class communities to cultivate grassroots power to address environmental health and justice. Kidokoro contributed to successful grassroots campaigns in Southeast LA to stop two fossil fuel powerplant projects, prevent the expansion of the I-710 diesel truck corridor, and pass health-protective policies at the city, regional, and state levels.

As lead youth organizer at CBE, Kidokoro prioritized creating a democratic campaign in which students felt comfortable participating. By August of 2000, Kidokoro formed the “Green Team,” a group of CBE organizers, technical experts, and Youth-EJ members to spearhead actions. She was concerned about lawyers and scientists silencing youth members’ voices. Therefore, she encouraged community members to share their experiences to contribute more information based on CBE’s quantitative data. Ultimately, giving youth the power to speak up was the first part of the equation.

In 2000, Kidokoro became a Lead Organizer and was promoted again in 2003 to the Southern California Program Director. She contributed to CBE’s movement-building work with the California EJ Alliance and supported state and national movement growth with the Grassroots Global Justice Alliance.

In 2000, Kidokoro joined the Los Angeles Eco Village. She worked with the organization in Central Los Angeles’ Koreatown to build a 40+ unit affordable housing cooperative. Kidokoro lives in the housing cooperative with her two cats and partner.

From 2005 to 2011, Kidokoro was an Environmental Support Center board member. Since 2012, Kidokoro has served on the Urban Soil/ Tierra Urbana Housing Coop board.

In 2013, Kidokoro started working at the Climate Justice Alliance as the Interim Development & Program Coordinator. She held that position for six months before becoming a National Organizer. In 2018, Kidokoro became the Climate Justice Alliance Reinvest Project Director, where she supported strategies to shift money away from the extractive economy and into building local regenerative economies. Most recently, in 2023 Kidokoro became Political Education Director in 2023.

In 2017, she joined the LA Co-Op Lab as a collective member. Since 2019, Kidokoro has also served on the Beverly-Vermont Community Land Trust board.

Kidokoro is a stern advocate of sustainability at the intersection of communities. Kidokoro shared in an interview, “Sustainability is frequently defined in ways that resonate primarily with white, upper-middle class constituencies. But the fight for livable communities is not built solely on driving a Prius, living a ‘green lifestyle,’ and buying organic, local foods” (Park, 2009). “With this big green wave, a lot of the messaging seems to be very corporate. It’s saying the solution is to buy more ‘green’ products. This caters to people with wealth” and disregards many of the underserved communities (Park, 2009).

Kidokoro is on the Beverly-Vermont Community Land Trust, USTU Housing Cooperative, and New Economy Coalition boards. Kidokoro is also trained in conflict mediation and group facilitation. Outside of organizing and work, she enjoys gardening, graphic note-taking, board games, biking, and thinking about community governance structures in her free time.