Rozina Kiflom

Rozina Kiflom is a legal professional with extensive experience in various roles. Currently serving as Deputy General Counsel at the Center for American Progress since June 2021, Rozina previously held the position of Litigation Associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP from October 2017 to June 2021. Additional experience includes a legal extern role in the Housing Project at Mobilization for Justice, Inc. in early 2020 and a legal internship in the Criminal Defense Practice at Brooklyn Defender Services. Prior to a legal career, Rozina worked as an Anti-Money Laundering Analyst at American Express in 2014 and as an Elementary School Teacher with Teach For America from 2011 to 2013. Rozina holds a Juris Doctor from New York University School of Law (2017) and a Bachelor of Arts in Government with a secondary focus in African and African American Studies from Harvard University (2011).