Over the past summer, I worked as a legal intern at the East Bay Community Law Center in their Housing Practice doing eviction defense. I cannot speak enough about the positive impact this experience has had on me and the valuable legal advocacy skills I learned there. This experience solidified my ambition to work in direct legal services with disparately impacted communities. Previously, I was a tenants’ rights organizer in Brooklyn and I can say that the housing crisis in the Bay Area is just as dire as in New York City. That is why it is so crucial to have legal advocates who are fighting alongside tenants to help them keep their homes. I am extremely appreciative of Equal Justice America for supporting me in this experience this summer, and I hope you will consider donating to EJA so that future summer fellows can engage in this important and gratifying work.