Texas RioGrande Legal Aid
Priscilla Noriega is a Staff Attorney and Medical Legal Partnership Director at Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, where contributions have been made since August 2010. Prior to this role, Priscilla served as a Corps Member for Teach for America from 2002 to 2004. Educational qualifications include a Juris Doctor from The University of Texas School of Law (2007-2010) and a Bachelor of Arts in English from Yale University (1998-2002).
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid provides free legal services to people who cannot afford an attorney in 68 southwestern counties, including the entire Texas-Mexico border. TRLA attorneys specialize in more than 45 areas of law, including family, employment, disaster assistance, landlord-tenant, housing, education, and civil rights. Now the second-largest legal aid, TRLA was initially formed in 1970 to provide legal services to poor people, primarily farmworkers, in a handful of South Texas counties. Our continuing work with mirgrant and seasonal workers now extends to all of Texas and has expanded into Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. TRLA's Public Defender Division represents poor people facing criminal charges in 14 Texas counties.