Galyn Sumida-Ross was motivated to pursue a career advocating for workers’ and immigrants’ rights after working for two years at a public defender’s office and seeing the critical importance of access to good work and immigration status and their power in mitigating criminal legal punishment. After passing the California Bar Exam, she plans to clerk for an Administrative Law Judge at the Department of Labor, hearing workers’ compensation and immigrant labor certifications cases. Galyn is a 3L at UCLA School of Law.