Public Advocates
Andreina Kniss Tafoya has extensive experience in the legal and advocacy field, with roles such as Project Manager at Public Advocates leading coalitions for housing justice, Lead Project Coordinator at Lens Collective LLC organizing the Los Angeles County Youth Count, and Litigation Paralegal at Housing Rights Center drafting legal documents and managing case investigations. As Homesavers Housing Project Coordinator at The Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County, Andreina handled eviction answers and held housing rights consultations. Andreina graduated from California State University Channel Islands with a degree in Political Science and History.
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Public Advocates
Public Advocates Inc. is a nonprofit law firm and advocacy organization that challenges the systemic causes of poverty and racial discrimination by strengthening community voices in public policy and achieving tangible legal victories advancing education, housing and transit equity. We spur change through collaboration with grassroots groups representing low-income communities, people of color and immigrants, combined with strategic policy reform, media advocacy and litigation, “making rights real” across California since 1971.