Attorney Activist
Playlists
All Videos (21)
- What I Do
- What Makes Youth Represent Unique
- A Lawyer is a Counselor
- Great Part
- Why We Do the Work We Do
- A Success Story
- Challenges
- Over Policed Communities
- How I Funded My Organization
- Education
- Working at the Rainforest Foundation
- Favorite Subjects
- Goals
- Helpful Teachers
- Heroes
- Skills From Childhood
- Family Support
- Staying Motivated
- Overcoming Obstacles
- Did It Anyway
- Advice
Bio
Watch Laurie Parise, Attorney and Executive Director of Youth Represent, share how she founded her organization to provide legal representation and assistance to young people from under-served communities. As an advocate for youth in the juvenile justice system, she helps them navigate the legal system and earn a second chance to become a productive member of society. She previously worked helping indigenous people with land rights at the Rainforest Foundation, and decided to become a lawyer after one of her mentors there suggested that she should consider earning a law degree. Her advice to girls is that life is long and you don’t have to be tied down to just one path or idea. It is okay to get a degree in one subject, work in that field and then later decide to do something else you might discover to be fulfilling.
