Claudia Peña, of San Francisco but currently based in Los Angeles, is the Statewide Director of the California Civil Rights Coalition (CCRC). She was previously EJS’s third Judge Constance Baker Motley Civil Rights Fellow. She's worked in Johannesburg, South Africa at Lawyers for Human Rights and at Badil Center for Refugee Rights in Bethlehem, Palestine. Peña received her B.A. in Sociology from Mills College and her law degree from UCLA. She also loves to play futbol and football, sing terribly at karaoke and is often the last one to leave the dance floor.