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Amanda Shelton
Amanda Shelton is a Richmond, VA native and a US Navy Veteran. While in the Navy, Amanda served as a Career Counselor and Training Officer. While serving in this capacity, Amanda developed a strong passion for helping others with professional and personal goals as well as a desire to advocate. After the military, Amanda worked for several government and private sectors where she […]
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Rohmah Javed
Rohmah Javed is an immigration attorney and advocate whose passion for immigrant and social justice is rooted in her life experiences as the daughter and granddaughter of Pakistani immigrants. Prior to joining LAJC as Legal Director of the Immigrant Justice Program, Rohmah served as Managing Attorney of Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York. There, she […]
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Carmelita Wood
Governance Committee Carmelita Wood was born and raised in Charlottesville, Virginia. She is a member of Union Grove Baptist church in Keswick, Virginia, baptized at her family church, Pilgrim Baptist Church, under then the Reverend R. A. Johnson. She graduated from Lane High School 1974 and attended one semester at national business college until getting […]
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Hank Bostwick
Hank has been advocating for kids and youth facing juvenile justice and education access issues since he started practicing law in 2003. In 2008, after serving as a court-appointed juvenile defense attorney in Alabama, Hank joined the Virginia legal services community as an education law fellow at the Legal Aid Society of Roanoke Valley, where […]
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Elizabeth Hernandez-Lopez
Elizabeth (Ely) Hernandez Lopez is originally from Tepic, Nayarit Mexico and as of October 2023 is a member of LAJC as an ACA Navigator- Health Justice Paralegal. Elizabeth in 1991 obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in Business and Administration, as well as Community Advocate Certification and other certificates in Theology from Garrett Theological Seminary in Evanston, […]
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