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On January 12, 2021, the Young Center lost our Associate Director and a champion for immigrant children, Elizabeth Frankel. Having joined the Young Center in late 2009, Liz was just the third full-time employee of the organization, becoming part of a trio of attorneys who would develop and implement an entirely new model for advocating for the rights of immigrant youth.

Liz never stopped fighting for kids. She loved her colleagues, and she loved the Young Center. She gave her heart and soul to the organization. If not for Elizabeth Frankel, there would be no Young Center. We will miss her at every complex case rounds, every all-staff retreat, every happy hour, every child advocate training, every contract negotiation. Perhaps most of all, we will miss her incredible laugh; a laugh that came from the heart and invariably caused everyone around her to smile and laugh with her. As we continue our work, we will endeavor to uphold Liz's legacy, her commitment to young people, to the truth, to collaborative but zealous advocacy, and her attention to detail in each case we undertake, in each protocol we develop, in each paper we write. We are so deeply grateful for and honored to have had the opportunity to work at her side.
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Thank you,
Maria Woltjen
Executive Director

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