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Welcome our new Dep. Director of Operations
We are incredibly excited to announce Danielle Taylor as our new Deputy Director of Operations! This brand new role will design, build, and oversee systems and infrastructure to promote a healthy working environment and to support our advocates in achieving LAJC’s mission. Danielle Taylor is a global development strategist and human rights activist who helps organizations improve operations […]
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Marissa Baer
Marissa joined Legal Aid Justice Center’s Virginia Justice Project for Farm and Immigrant Workers as a workers’ rights attorney in December 2021. She attended the University of Georgia, where she received a B.A. in Spanish and developed a passion for working with Spanish-speaking populations. Marissa graduated from W&L University School of Law in 2020, where […]
Read moreComplaint Filed Over RRHA Redevelopment Issues
Today the Legal Aid Justice Center (LAJC) filed a Housing Discrimination and Rental Assistance Demonstration Program complaint against The Michaels Organization, the current owners of the Fulton and Randolph/Idlewood affordable housing complexes, on behalf of two families. The complaint details how, when residents notified the property managers about serious health and safety issues in their […]
Read moreLAJC Plans Expansion Thanks to Historic Gift
Legal Aid Justice Center Plans Expansion of Services and Other Community-led Efforts Thanks to an Historic Unrestricted Gift. Charlottesville/Richmond/Falls Church VA – The Legal Aid Justice Center (LAJC) today announced that a long-time donor to the organization, Philanthropist Sonjia Smith, has given LAJC a one-time gift of $10,000,000. This historic show of support for LAJC’s efforts towards social, racial, and economic justice […]
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Shelsy Delgado
Shelsy joined the Legal Aid Justice Center as the Youth Justice Program Organizer in Northern Virginia in 2021. Shelsy is originally from Lima, Peru and has called the Northern Virginia area home since 2000. She has previously done outreach and community engagement internationally and state-wide in Virginia, working with the LGBTQ+ community, immigrant communities, and […]
Read moreWelcome to our new staff!
As we grow our work, we have also been growing our team! Welcome to our new staff members who have started work with us in the past three months – you can read more about them here: Kendra Hudson (she/her) – Attorney – Petersburg Kendra joined Legal Aid Justice Center in July 2021 from a Pooled […]
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Gustavo Espinosa
Gustavo joined LAJC in Summer 2021 as a Rent Relief Assister/Community Educator. His parents are Venezuelan immigrants, and he has moved many times in his life. He is committed to justice on all fronts, with a focus on migrant advocacy and housing access. Prior to joining LAJC, he consulted for a research team based out of the University of Miami and the University of Texas at Austin on the growing Venezuelan community, and he wrote his honors thesis on […]
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Anna Kurien
Anna Kurien worked for over a decade as a Public Defender in Atlanta where she represented poor people charged with felonies at trial and on appeal. In her practice she used the participatory defense model to partner with her clients and their communities to shift the balance of power in the courtroom. A strong believer […]
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