Lydia Hurtado, LAW ’23, is a 2022 Law & Public Policy Scholar at Temple University Beasley School of Law. Lydia graduated from the College of William & Mary in 2017 with a B.A. in Hispanic Studies and a minor in Sociology. Her policy interests include economic and environmental justice, immigrant rights, and community-led development.
Upon graduation, Lydia worked for three years as a paralegal with the Pennsylvania Farmworker Project providing legal assistance and community education to low-wage farmworkers. There she learned the importance of holistic solutions in the pursuit of true justice and lasting change.
While a student at Temple, Lydia has served as co-chair of the Student Public Interest Network’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee and as a representative for the Student Wellness Association and the Latin American Law Student Association. She is also the founder and president of Visual and Interactive Techniques for All Legal Learners (VITALL),
In the summer of 2021, Lydia interned with the Ceiba Latino Equitable Development Collective (LEDC), a coalition of ten organizations advocating for the needs of Latinx communities in Philadelphia. This experience furthered her interest in empowerment-based approaches to community development.
This summer, Lydia will serve as a Land & Environmental Justice Fellow at Namati, an international organization dedicated to placing the power of law into the people’s hands.