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Heather Delia White is the Office Administrator for the Family Defense Center. She studied Political Sociology at the University of Chicago and University of New Orleans, during which time she worked as a Community Organizer with ACORN and ACORN Fair Housing. She completed an Honors Thesis at the University of New Orleans in 2003, examining why pediatric lead poisoning was overlooked locally as a public health issue, drawing on outreach work she completed for the Louisiana Environmental Justice Project.
Cy Pres Fellowship AttorneyMelissa Staas is the Family Defense Center Cy Pres Fellow. Melissa received her J.D., magna cum laude, from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in May, 2007, where she was the Editor-in-Chief of the Children's Legal Rights Journal. Prior to attending law school, she gained valuable experience as a grant-writer with Centro San Bonifacio (a grassroots, not-for-profit organization in Chicago, IL) and coordinator with Disability Services at the University of Minnesota. Melissa received her bachelor of arts degrees in Psychology and Women's Studies from the University of Minnesota.
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Staff Attorney
Alison McIntire is the Family Defense Center Staff Attorney. Prior to joining the FDC, she spent two years defending indigent juvenile and adult clients as an assistant public defender in Virginia. She has worked on numerous social justice issues, including legislative policy related to human trafficking and affirmative plaintiff civil rights litigation. She received her law degree, cum laude, from Suffolk University Law School, where she served as editor of the Suffolk Transnational Law Review, and her bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia. She is also fluent in Spanish.
