Protecting the legal rights of Florida’s migrant farmworkers
Colin Abbott, managing attorney of the Florida Rural Legal Services migrant unit, talks with client Myriam…
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A single mother waiting tables in Daytona Beach, Michelle Gonska rarely saw two days go by without getting a call from her first-grader’s…
Continue readingElizabeth Guzman and Ericka Garcia: The warrior and the soldier
Elizabeth Guzman, left, almost lost her severely disabled daughter. The girl is alive today and Guzman’s…
Continue readingAfter losing her life savings, Miami woman gets a fresh start
On the verge of 75, Caroline Pennington found herself starting all over again. After a lifetime of hard work and solo parenting, the former marketing…
Continue readingFlorida Bar Foundation-funded Equal Justice Works project helps break the cycle of dependency
Amanda Alvarez, 18, comes across as that recent…
Continue readingFederal judge orders state of Florida to cover applied behavioral analysis therapy for autism
Iliana Gonzalez and her son Karls, 6, enjoy visiting the playground at the…
Continue readingLegal aid organizations struggle to retain attorneys cultivated by Bar Foundation and Equal Justice Works
From left, Florida Institutional Legal Services staff attorneys and former Equal Justice Works fellows Kristen Lentz, Cassandra Capobianco…
Continue readingOne student’s path to Stanford
Growing up in San Juan del Rio, Queretaro, a city on Mexico’s central plateau,…
Continue readingPositively Pro Bono: Kenneth Jacobs’ story
Kenneth Jacobs held a job his entire adult life until 2008 when he…
Continue readingHow Ashlyn got her sparkle back
Sparkly. An eager, cheerful learner. Ashlyn Sikes’ teacher used these words to describe the Tallahassee second-grader, who…
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