SeniorLAW Center

Margarita Martinez

Senior Legal Advocate

WHAT DO YOU DO AT SENIORLAW CENTER?

Provide legal assistance and information, client intake, coordinate and conduct community legal education workshops and staff SeniorLAW Center’s seven community-based legal clinics in Philadelphia, including program assessment, program development, and record keeping.

WHY DO YOU WORK AT SENIORLAW CENTER?

As a child I always felt a special affection and a lot of compassion for seniors. In the course of my career, I had the opportunity to work for the private sector, but I discovered that I have a greater inclination for serving vulnerable populations.

HIGHLIGHT OF YOUR WORK AT SENIORLAW CENTER?

My commitment to making SeniorLAW Center more responsive and more accessible to the Spanish-speaking senior community, who often face crises of housing, family violence, abuse and financial exploitation.

PERSONAL FACT

PCA Latino Advisory Committee, The Latino Golden Age Committee, graduated from the ten-month Latino Partnership Initiative Leadership Institute program.

Active member of MIRA USAEmergency Fund Coalition for Older Philadelphia’s Bright Starts of Aging award-2015

JOINED STAFF

1/10/2018

BEFORE SENIORLAW CENTER

Staff Attorney at Laurel Legal Services

Family Law associate attorney in Williamsport, PA

During law school, held internships at the YWCA Legal Center,

Select Medical, and the Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas with The Honorable Judge Jessica Brewbaker

HAILS FROM

From Bogotá (Colombia)

EDUCATION

Master of Law from the University of Barcelona, School of Business Administration- 2002.

Law degree from the University of Santo Tomas de Aquino, Bogotá- 2000.