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Vivian Wong
Director, Youth Justice Education Clinic
213-736-1337
vivian.wong@lls.edu
Vivian Wong is Director for the Youth Justice Education Clinic at the Center for Juvenile Law and Policy. Previously, Vivian was a Skadden Fellow at the Learning Rights Law Center, where she developed a program to provide intensive, trauma-informed special education legal services for system-involved youth, with an emphasis on increasing mental health access. Vivian’s passion for education equity, as well as disability and racial justice, stems from her experiences as a woman of color with a disability working with marginalized young people. Her passion for disability activism began in college, where she founded an organization to create safe spaces for students with hidden and visible disabilities. Before pursuing her law degree, she received a Stanford Public Interest Network Fellowship to help first-generation, low-income students to apply and prepare for college. She worked closely with students who grappled with abusive families, unstable homes, gang violence, and anxiety over poverty and legal status. During law school, she sought every opportunity to serve students with disabilities through direct legal services and impact litigation addressing school force-out issues that disproportionately affect students of color with disabilities. She has interned at various legal organizations, including National Center for Youth Law, East Bay Community Law Center, Public Counsel, and the Alliance for Children’s Rights. Through a career in holistic advocacy, she works towards dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline and ensuring that all youth of color with disabilities receive a quality education. She received a B.A. from Stanford University and a J.D. from UCLA School of Law, where she specialized in the Critical Race Studies and David J. Epstein Public Interest Program in Law and Policy programs.
Cindy Galvan
Supervising Forensic Social Worker, Youth Justice Education Clinic
cindy.galvan@lls.edu
Cindy Galvan is the Supervising Forensic Social Worker for the Youth Justice Education Clinic (YJEC) at Loyola Law School’s Center for Juvenile Law and Policy. At YJEC, Galvan builds bridges between law and social work by guiding students in holistic advocacy that centers youth voice, ensuring that young people are not only represented, but truly seen, heard, and supported. Galvan’s work is driven by a commitment to justice and equity. She addresses systemic inequities across the education, dependency, and juvenile justice systems by integrating trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and disability-affirming practices into legal advocacy. Through close collaboration with attorneys, families, and community partners, she works to disrupt the school-to-prison nexus, expand access to education, and promote alternatives to incarceration. She also develops and leads trainings for attorneys, law students, and social workers, equipping the next generation of advocates with tools to center youth voice and advance systemic change. Galvan holds a Master of Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis and a Bachelor’s degree in Criminology, Law, and Society from UC Irvine. She is currently pursuing her Doctorate in Educational Leadership for Social Justice at Loyola Marymount University, where her research focuses on advancing educational equity for incarcerated and system-involved youth.
Stacy Nuñez
Supervising Attorney, Youth Justice Education Clinic
213-736-7448
stacy.nunez@lls.edu
Stacy Nuñez is the Supervising Attorney for the Youth Justice Education Clinic (YJEC) at Loyola Law School's Center for Juvenile Law and Policy. Nuñez’s work focuses on representing system-involved young people, both in the community and while incarcerated, across Los Angeles County in special education and school discipline matters. Previously, Nuñez was an Equal Justice Works Law Fellow at YJEC, where they worked on providing education advocacy representation to Secure Youth Treatment Facility youth - a new population that LA County would be providing long-term rehabilitation support to within the juvenile facilities. Nuñez believes that everyone deserves the opportunity to learn in an environment where they feel supported and cared for, which is why they chose to focus their work on advocating for education access and equity for some of our most vulnerable youth. Since starting this work, Nuñez has expanded the populations they work with to include newcomer and unaccompanied migrant young people. Through their work, Nuñez focuses on disrupting the school-prison nexus, expanding access to legal services, and centering community in advocacy efforts. Nuñez received a B.A. from the University of California, Irvine, and a J.D. from Loyola Law School.