First Admitted: 2020, New York

Bar/Professional Activity:

Member of the New York State Bar Association and its Elder and Special Needs Section, Trusts and Estates Section and Young Lawyers Section. 10th Judicial District Delegate for the New York State Bar Association's Elder and Special Needs Section. Chair of the CLE Committee for the New York State Bar Association's Trusts and Estate Section. , 2023
Board Member and Vice President of the New York Portuguese American Leadership Council, 2023
Member of the Nassau County Women's Bar Association, 2023
Member of the Portuguese American Bar Association, 2023
Member of the Nassau County Bar Association and currently serving as Co-Chair of its Elder Law, Social Services and Health Advocacy Committee, 2023

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Pro bono/Community Service:

Nassau County Bar Association Mentorship Program - mentoring a middle school child from a local school. , 2022
Team leader and participant of Lustgarten's Pancreatic Cancer Research Walk. Team raised over $12,000., 2023
Serve as a Board member of the Nassau Community College's Paralegal Advisory Board, 2023
Religious educator at St. Raphael's R.C. Church in East Meadow, NY since 2019., 2023

Honors/Awards:

Inducted into the 2020 Portuguese-American Women's Hall of Fame, Portuguese-American Women's Hall of Fame, New York Portuguese American Leadership Conference, 2020
Recipient of the 2021 "Women of Distinction" Award, Women of Distinction Award, New York State 17th Assembly District, 2021
Recipient of this award for accomplishments as a strong Portuguese-American woman., International Women's Day Award, Associação Girassol, 2020

Educational Background:

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Other Outstanding Achievements:

Winner of the Elder and Special Needs Law Journal Writing Competition for my article titled “Constitutional Challenges to Article 17-A Guardianships,” which has since been reprinted and cited by others in the legal community., 2019

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