Interview with Margarita Luna

Interview with Margarita Luna

Maggie Luna is a graduate of Anthony Graves Smart Justice Speakers Bureau at Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University. During Texas’ 2019 legislative session she participated as part of the Women’s Legislative Team, which successfully passed legislation defending the dignity of incarcerated women. Her work led her to become the current Hogg Foundation Peer Policy Fellow at the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition (TCJC), where she coordinates the Statewide Leadership Council and advances local and state policies to transform the justice system. Maggie was first arrested in 1996 as a juvenile and began to cycle in and out of the system; her last arrest was in 2017, and she now uses her 20 years of justice system involvement to assist in addressing the needs of system-involved women and their families. She serves as a member in multiple organizations and coalitions working to transform youth and adult justice systems to promote safer communities. She believes in elevating the importance of justice for women, as well as speaking with policymakers, judges, and CASA workers about improving safety for children when Child Protective Services in involved.

Margarita Luna

Texas After Violence Project

November 3, 2020

public -- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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