[1] Mingus self-describes as a "physically disabled, queer Korean transracial and transnational adoptee" and a survivor of child sexual abuse.

[13] She then attended Agnes Scott College, an all-women's school in Decatur, Georgia, where she earned her degree in women's studies.

[13] While volunteering at the National Human for Rights Education Center in high school, Mingus was introduced to Loretta Ross, an African American reproductive justice activist.

Later, Mingus worked at Georgians for Choice, an organization associated with the National Abortion Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL).

[13] Mingus was a part of numerous national coalitions such as Causes in Common, which focused on achieving reproductive rights, health, and justice work for the LGBTQ+ community.

Mingus built a partnership with the Atlanta Transformative Justice Collaborative [ATJC], between SPARK and CWPE, and also Project South.

Mingus founded the Living Bridges Project, which focuses on listening to people's responses regarding child sexual abuse.

[22][23] Pod work is rooted in transformative justice principles of harm and accountability, including a community-based approach to intervening in and preventing violence at all levels.

Mingus has also consistently spoken about the medical industrial complex (MIC) and all that its encompasses: its deep-rooted connections to various forms of oppression, and its complicated relationship with marginalized communities.

[24] In her blog, "Leaving Evidence", Mingus described in-depth the major roles that eugenics, charity and ableism, population control, and desirability play within the complex and how it connects to the overall profitability of the MIC.

[24] She constructed a visual that was included on the blog post, listing all of the different ways that the medical industrial complex intersects with other aspects of societal life.