Jamie D. Brooks, Esq.

Jamie D. Brooks, Esq., is the project director on race, health, and justice for the Center for Genetics and Society and has been working to secure universal health access for a number of years. Before joining the Center for Genetics and Society she was a staff attorney for the Nation Health Law Program (NHeLP) where she focused on reproductive rights and justice for all women, implementing human rights principles into the firm's advocacy, environmental justice issues, and language access issues. Prior to working for NHeLP, she served as a law clerk in the District of Columbia Superior Court and legal and policy clerk to the National Asian and Pacific American Women's Forum. She received her J.D. from Washington College of Law at American University in 2003 and her B.A. from Rice University in 2000.