About Xusana

Xusana [🕪 pronunciation] is a sometimes strange and sometimes funny person who is licensed by the State of New York to practice law and is committed to equitable public policy. She is fluent in Spanish and speaks a little French and even less Italian. 

 

She holds a Juris Doctor with a concentration in International Human Rights Law from New York Law School, where she also directed a civil liberties education program for youth in communities that have been racially and economically oppressed.

 

She studied Anthropology and Philosophy at Fordham University, earning the Rev. J. Franklin Ewing, S.J. Award for writing on the relationship between global human rights violations and the proliferation of HIV/AIDS.

 

Xusana has dedicated herself to serving the public interest, and has worked at organizations including the HIV Law Project, the New York Civil Liberties Union, the New York State Division of Human Rights, the New York City Council, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and the State of Vermont. In her most recent role, she served as Vermont's first-ever Executive Director of Racial Equity, appointed by Governor Phil Scott in 2019.

 

She is the Principal at Marohu, a consulting team offering services to help organizations make their policies, practices, and principles more equitable and inclusive.