Hillary’s work is focused on serving unaccompanied immigrant children and other vulnerable immigrant youth. Prior to joining NIJC, Hillary worked in family law at the Legal Assistance Foundation’s Children and Families Practice Group, and served as a staff attorney at the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project in Tacoma, Washington, where she provided legal orientation and removal defense for detained adults. Before attending law school, she worked as a paralegal and Department of Justice accredited representative with NIJC’s Adult Detention project. Hillary holds a bachelor of arts from Earlham College and a juris doctor from DePaul University College of Law. She is licensed to practice law in Illinois.