2020 Peggy Browning Summer Fellows

2020 Peggy Browning Summer Fellows Amy Frieder JD’22 Harvard Law School Cambridge, MA National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE) Washington, DC Born and raised in the Washington, DC area, Amy has always been interested in public interest and social change. However, it was during her undergraduate studies in Industrial and Labor Relations that she developed a deeper appreciation for economic justice and the labor movement as an integral part of social justice. During college, she was involved in the student labormovement and interned at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Amy also served in the Air Force, and she is excited to return to the Washington, DC area this summer to help advance federal employees’ rights and workplace democracy. Hugo Garcia JD’22 Loyola Law School Los Angeles, CA United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Washington, DC Hugo was born and raised in Los Angeles and has organized communities around economic and social justice issues. Previously, he was the political coordinator for the Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance, where he provided project management support on the countywide wage enforcement program, civic engagement activities, and local and statewide partnerships. In the 2016 election cycle, Hugo led the organization’s efforts in passing the citywide measure to increase affordable housing, quality jobs, and to defeat a ban on housing development that would have severely impacted housing and homelessness. He organized campaigns with the national AFL-CIO and worked closely under the labor staff in the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions where he collaborated on the Workplace Action for a Growing Economy (WAGE) Act. Mary Gardner JD’22 Columbia University School of Law New York, NY Cohen, Weiss & Simon LLP New York, NY Prior to law school, Mary lobbied for a nonprofit in DC that represents the Latinx workforce and small business community. She graduated summa cum laude from George Washington University with a degree in International Affairs, concentration in Latin America. Mary currently serves as vice president of the Student Senate at Columbia Law. Her decision to become a worker advocate was motivated, in part, by her years of experience working in the service industry throughout high school and college. She believes that every person is entitled to dignity at work and a sustainable livelihood. Mary is from Chattanooga, TN. Her dream is to enact policy changes that support low- income workers in the southeast. Elissa Furlong JD’21 Mississippi College School of Law Jackson, MS International Union of Painters & Allied Trades (IUPAT) Hanover, MD Elissa Furlong is a rising 3L at her school. She is passionate about social justice, feminism, and workers’ rights, and loves traveling andwriting. Prior to starting law school, she interned at the International Labor Organization in Switzerland, taught various subjects at a refugee school in South Africa, taught English in Thailand and Colombia, and helped organize peer tutoring and girls’ leadership programs in Ghana. She hopes to work in the area of employment law and policy.