Rosalie*
“Repeatedly, I would ask myself: What is going to happen to me? Are my abusers going to follow me? Are they going to go after my children and grandchildren?”
Alona
“I cannot put into words how much Open Door Legal has helped me…They are angels to me. They have become my family in this country.”
Ron
For two years, my son’s mother prevented me from seeing him. She ran away with him and changed his name. I had to hire a private investigator just to locate him. A mere few months later, she took him again. It became a trend.
Cory
“As I think about my community, I look forward to Open Door Legal’s future of getting to a city-wide scale.”
Hiyab
“Often people come here having experienced something traumatic, so I’m the first person to see them and provide some kind of reassurance.”
Brittany
I grew up in Bayview. When I got out of college I started doing research on the wealth gap and its effects on people’s livelihood and quality of life, and its connections to historical injustices. The intersections of my interests with justice made me decide to pursue a legal career.