Veronica Faison (she/her) is the Women’s Law and Public Policy fellow on the Reproductive Rights and Health team. Her work is focused on protecting and expanding abortion access through litigation and state policy. Prior to NWLC, Veronica was the Howard C. Westwood fellow at Neighborhood Legal Services Program’s Family Law Unit, assisting low-income, majority Black Washington, D.C. area residents with child custody, domestic violence and divorce issues.
She graduated American University Washington College of Law where she was the Vice President of Campus Education for If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice. During law school, Veronica interned with the federal policy teams at the Center for Reproductive Rights and Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. She also served as student attorney at WCL’s Gender Justice Clinic, earning a course distinction for her client-centered work.
Veronica is a member of the D.C bar.
Photo Credit: Les Talusan