Long before I was a law professor, I was an organizer. I spent time on picket lines, at the bargaining table, and in the homes of working people discussing their daily struggles. That experience gave me an up-close understanding of how the law shapes workers’ lives and where it falls short. It’s what brought me to law school and eventually to academia, and it’s a perspective I bring to every course I teach. A bit about me. I began my legal career as a Skadden Fellow providing bilingual legal services at the intersection of employment and consumer law. From there, I clerked for Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Judge James Graves before advocating for workers and their unions at a private firm, in-house at a nurses’ union, and at the New York City Commission on Human Rights. Since becoming a full-time professor, I’ve taught at NYU Law School and Loyola Law School Los Angeles, and I’m a past chair of the Association of American Law Schools Section on Labor Relations and Employment Law. I’m …