Araesia King ’21 is a 2019 Law & Public Policy Scholar, Conwell Scholar, and Weisman Family Fellow at Temple University Beasley School of Law. Araesia earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, FL. While studying at Eckerd, she partnered with the mayor’s office to implement a service-learning initiative in the local public high schools. After graduating, Araesia completed a service year with City Year in Columbia, SC, where she witnessed the shortcomings of our country’s public education system which further developed her interest in advocating for the rights of children. At Temple, she is the 2019-2020 Program Director for the School Disciplinary Advocacy Service (SDAS), an organization through which law students act as advocates for Philadelphia K-12 students in school disciplinary proceedings. In Washington, Araesia is interning at the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice in the Educational Opportunities Section. She is passionate about education policy and hopes to pursue a career in that field after graduating law school.
