I’m a lawyer, researcher and strategist with over 15 years of experience collaborating on human and civil rights advocacy projects with grassroots activists, community-based organizations and international NGOs. Most recently, I served as associate general counsel for the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and before that as a human rights analyst for the Institute for Multi-Stakeholder Initiative Integrity.

Before Just Ground, my projects included research supporting worker-driven social responsibility programs, an in-depth structural analysis of multi-stakeholder initiatives from a human rights perspective, reports on human rights issues tied to natural resource extraction in Myanmar, curriculum development and teaching for civil society advocates from the Mekong region and federal civil rights litigation at both the trial and appellate level. More information on my litigation experience is available here.

I hold a B.A. from the Evergreen State College, an M.A. in Communications from the University of Washington, and a J.D., summa cum laude, from Loyola Law School Los Angeles, which I attended as a Public Interest Scholar. I currently serve on the Steering Committee of the American Bar Association International Human Rights Committee.