Tessa Carson ’17 is a student at Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, and a 2015 Law & Public Policy Scholar. While in D.C., Ms. Carson is working as a legal fellow for the Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE), to promote reproductive health and rights of women globally through U.S. policy reform. Her policy focus is sexual and reproductive health and rights, including the intersection between reproductive health and immigration. Ms. Carson graduated magna cum laude from Eastern University with a B.A. in Sociology. While at Eastern, Ms. Carson was a member of the Templeton Honors College and an intern for Pamoza International, a non-profit community development organization based in Malawi, Africa. Prior to law school Ms. Carson worked as a research assistant for Eastern University’s Agora Institute, and later as a research assistant at the Templeton Foundation in the Programs and Evaluation Department. During this time she also volunteered at the Women’s Law Project (WLP) in the Telephone Counseling Unit, providing legal information to pro se litigants in matters of family law and sexual rights issues. At Temple, Ms. Carson is a co-chair of the Harm Reduction Committee and a member of the National Lawyers Guild.
