We happily welcome our two newest team members!
Luci Ruiz (top photo) is Policy Counsel for our Housing Justice initiative and pro bono partnerships. Luci came to us after 11 years of advocating for children and youth in law school, as a public defender, and in private practice. Before law school, she was in AmericaCorps supporting veterans and military families.
Our new Staff Attorney, Mary Kathryn Velazquez (bottom photo), has also made children's welfare the focus of her career. Before Georgia Appleseed, she was in a law clinic at the Barton Child Law & Policy Center and worked with fellow law students at Emory University on legislative advocacy and policy analysis. Before Emory Law, she was a paralegal supporting victims of race and gender-based employment discrimination and sexual harassment.
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