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Colleagues and clients – both past and present – joined to recognize Tracy’s impact on their lives and the lives of DC children and families. Some highlights:
Children’s National pediatrician and past president of American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Lee Beers – who worked next to Tracy at one of the clinics – recalled:
“Tracy treated every single client who walked into her office with care and respect and dignity. And Tracy was able to work with them in the most thoughtful and collaborative way to break down those barriers that they had to health and wellbeing for their children.”
Children’s Law Center Executive Director Judith Sandalow underscored Tracy’s impact:
“Tracy has built the program we now call Healthy Together into a 20-person team that reaches more than 2,000 children and families every year. She nurtured relationships with dozens of pediatricians and expanded our partnerships from one clinic to seven. She did it first by being a hard-working, caring and effective lawyer herself – one who made every client feel that they mattered to Tracy more than anything or anyone else in that moment.”
Former Children’s Law Center colleague and current University of Michigan Law School professor Vivek Sankaran shared:
“What I was amazed about is not just Tracy’s intellectual abilities – she’s a wicked-smart lawyer – but it was that human element, the ability to sit down with people in crisis and just be with them. And I have met very few professionals who have that balance of empathy, wisdom and compassion.”
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