Welcome to my portfolio! I'm Akhila, a recent graduate from Northwestern University, where I majored in Political Science and Economics, and wrote a honors thesis on international justice in Sierra Leone and Rwanda. I studied abroad for a year at the London School of Economics (LSE).
More at my blog: Journeys towards Justice!
I am passionate about human rights issues, and I am committed to using the law as a tool for social change. I want to fight for the rights of indigent individuals and hope to ultimately be a lawyer, advocate, policymaker, and academic focusing on ensuring that the poor - in the U.S. and abroad - have access to competent and holistic legal representation. Currently, I work for a civil rights law firm, assisting victims of discrimination in seeking redress. I also volunteer with an NGO that works to expand access to legal services and legal awareness for women and girls in Afghanistan, and as an advocate on behalf of South Asian immigrant women survivors of domestic violence in DC.
In the past, I've worked for non-profits on human rights, death penalty abolition, criminal justice reform and access to justice. I was Co-President of Amnesty International's chapter at Northwestern and while at LSE, helped start a student development non-profit called the The Student Initiative. I hope to attend law school in the near future to become a better advocate for the poor and marginalized.
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