Meet Our Alumni
2022-2023 Douglass Fellows
Monica Naranjo
Alyssa Grzesiak
William & Mary Law School
Bekah Carey
Harvard Law School
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Monica Naranjo
Boston University School of Law
Monica Naranjo is a third-year law student at Boston University School of Law. Throughout her time in law school, she has interned at the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office in the Human Trafficking and Exploitation Unit, the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Unit, and in the Chelsea District Court as a Certified Student Prosecutor. As a second-year law student, she was a member of the International Law Journal, where her Note on Labor Trafficking in the Private Military Industry will be published later this year. Prior to law school, Monica worked with Lutheran Services of Florida supporting victims of labor trafficking, and at Wellesley Centers for Women, where she participated in two NIJ-funded research projects on Sexual Violence. She also worked with Freedom for Immigrants and with DOVE, Inc. as a hotline advocate, and was awarded the Practitioner/Activist of the Year Award by the Division of Victimology at ASCDOV for her work with survivors of torture at Immigrant Justice Corps/CARECEN. In her spare time, Monica enjoys mentoring younger students and exercising.
Alyssa Grzesiak
William & Mary Law School
Alyssa is a third-year law student at William & Mary Law School in Williamsburg, Virginia. She has spent her time in law school externing with the Virginia Beach Public Defender’s Office, the Henrico Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, and the Virginia Office of the Attorney General. As a second-year law student, Alyssa served as a staff member on the Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice, where she now serves as the Executive Editor. Her Student Note, Checking Out Indefinitely: Supporting Survivors of Sex Trafficking Alongside Training and Education for Lodging Employees, will be published in the first issue of RGSJ’s Volume 29. She is also the president of the law school’s First-GenerationStudent Alliance. In her free time, Alyssa enjoys running half-marathons and talking about ocean conservation.
Bekah Carey
Harvard Law School