Jajah (she/her) is a staff attorney at PDA. She believes in changing the legal system to be accessible to and supportive of our most vulnerable community members.
For ten years, Jajah worked at the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights, as an attorney and later, Deputy Program Director. During her tenure at the Young Center, she also taught at the University of Chicago Law School’s Arthur Kane Center for Clinical Legal Education. After graduating from the University of Chicago Law School in 2010, Jajah worked as a PILI Fellow at the Young Center before joining Schiff Hardin, LLP, where she practiced in the areas of environmental and general litigation, and devoted substantial time to pro bono cases related to family law and immigration.