Palm Springs, California
Law graduate focused on Tribal sovereignty, local policy, and the protection of cultural heritage.
Awaiting admission to the California Bar following the July 2026 examination
Hello there! I’m a recent graduate of William & Mary Law School with undergraduate degrees in history and psychology from UCLA (Go Bruins!). My legal journey has brought me to clinical work with evicted tenants, deep research into colonial America’s religious freedom statutes, criminal defense motion and appellate practice, and (my personal favorite) working with the Indigenous Practice Group at Cultural Heritage Partners, LLC to preserve the cultural heritage and strengthen the sovereignty of Virginia’s federally recognized Tribes.
I’m so excited to build a lifelong career serving the best interests of Tribes and welcome conversations with firms, Tribal governments, and organizations working to do the same.
I’ve had the pleasure of being paid for deep research into the existing landscape of Tribal codes, HEARTH Act leases, ISDEAA and Tribal healthcare, and ARPA damages during my time with the Indigenous Practice Group at Cultural Heritage Partners, LLC. My time doing legal research and writing as part of that extraordinary team cemented my interest in Tribal law and made clear the dynamism and potential of Native legal advocacy and sovereignty-building policy.
While serving as a student attorney at the William & Mary Community Law Clinic, I was privileged to offer the invaluable resource of legal expertise to the communities surrounding the oldest law school in the nation. I learned that access is a major hurdle that many lawyers overlook, and decided to focus my efforts on increasing legal literacy and agency in underserved communities.
My time at Welch & Wright, PLLC gave me invaluable insight into the daily hustle of a local criminal defense firm: drafting, researching, and taking client histories while on the move from courthouse to courthouse gave me an immense respect for litigators and taught me to stay organized and flexible.