Experience

Lawyers for Civil Rights

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Attorney

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  I advance LCR’s life-changing and law-changing work through litigation, policy advocacy, and community education. I am currently litigating Massachusetts Fair Housing Center v. HUD, the first lawsuit nationally challenging the Trump Administration’s attempt to gut the disparate impact protections of the Fair Housing Act. In 2020, I secured a landmark nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the Trump Administration from implementing changes to the Fair Housing Act. Recently, I also successfully litigated Mussotte v. Peyser, a groundbreaking challenge to Massachusetts’ school funding formula on behalf of children of color and low-income children. My work is regularly featured in publications such as the New York Times.I coordinate LCR’s Racial Justice & Climate Project, a new practice area focusing on climate resilience and environmental justice in low-income communities of color and immigrant communities. Under my leadership, the initiative recently filed a major federal lawsuit against the EPA for failing to investigate and address national origin discrimination — along with a series of high-profile language access complaints against proposed environmentally-sensitive projects in Boston. Show less

• Civil Rights Fellow

  • Oct 2018 - Dec 2019

  Fellow at impact litigation civil rights non-profit focused on education, immigration, and employment law.



Dinse, P.C.

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Attorney

  • Sep 2016 - Oct 2018

  Immigration and litigation associate Immigration and litigation associate



Vermont Supreme Court

• Montpelier, Vermont

• Law Clerk to the Honorable Justice John Dooley

  • Sep 2015 - Sep 2016

  Draft opinions and orders, conduct legal research, and manage judicial chambers. Draft opinions and orders, conduct legal research, and manage judicial chambers.



Duke University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• J.D./M.A. in English Candidate

  • May 2012 - May 2015



WilmerHale

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Associate

  • May 2014 - Jul 2014

  Conduct legal research, draft memoranda, and assist attorneys preparing for oral argument in securities, white collar, patent, pro bono, and antitrust matters. Conduct legal research, draft memoranda, and assist attorneys preparing for oral argument in securities, white collar, patent, pro bono, and antitrust matters.



ACLU of North Carolina

• Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Legal Intern

  • May 2013 - Aug 2013

  Prepared office memoranda, edited motions and briefs, and assisted in developing legal strategy for several issues, including: legislative prayer, restrictions imposed on Moral Monday arrestees, religious displays in courtrooms, exclusion of LGBT individuals from anti-discrimination ordinances, K9 searches in public universities, permit fees levied on protesters, and the challenge to North Carolina's ban on second-parent adoption and same-sex marriage. Prepared office memoranda, edited motions and briefs, and assisted in developing legal strategy for several issues, including: legislative prayer, restrictions imposed on Moral Monday arrestees, religious displays in courtrooms, exclusion of LGBT individuals from anti-discrimination ordinances, K9 searches in public universities, permit fees levied on protesters, and the challenge to North Carolina's ban on second-parent adoption and same-sex marriage.



Arts and Science Undergraduate Society

• Kingston, ON

• Equity Chair

  • Sep 2011 - Apr 2012

  Responsible for conducting mandatory anti-oppression training for members of the Arts and Science Undergraduate Society as well as promoting equity and diversity on campus Responsible for conducting mandatory anti-oppression training for members of the Arts and Science Undergraduate Society as well as promoting equity and diversity on campus



Inquire Publications

• Kingston, Ontario

• President

  • Sep 2009 - Apr 2012

  President of an interuniversity magazine that aims to foster debate on social, political, economic and cultural issues Responsible for hiring an executive team of 15 students, approving a budget (approximately $3500), coordinating printing and distribution of 4000 issues to Queen’s, McMaster and the University of Toronto, overseeing subcommittees, liaising with executives at partner universities and representing Inquire off campus Prior responsibilities as vice-president of initiatives and editor included writing articles, editing responses and organizing layout as well as planning fundraising and awareness events Selected as an outstanding Canadian student leader by CampusPerks Show less



Queen's University

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research assistant

  • May 2010 - Sep 2011

  Performed literature searches, synthesized data, conducted informant interviews, prepared transcripts, wrote reports, and made recommendations for policy change for the Canadian Disability Policy Alliance Completed projects: A scoping historical review of disability policy in Canada A paper analyzing the experiences of disabled people who invoke the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms An evaluation of Ontario’s Health Care Connect program A literature review of the Registered Disability Savings Plan Show less