Cristina Becker Email & Phone Number

United States

Raleigh, Nc

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

The purpose of the Criminal Justice Debt Project is to address the excessive criminal court costs in North Carolina, and study their disparate impact on indigent defendants and people of color.

Charlotte, North Carolina Area

Lexington, Virginia

• Represent capital murder defendants in Virginia at the pre-trial and trial stages.• Assist the legal team by researching legal issues, developing strategy, and writing memorandum.• Visit and interview clients on death row.

Lexington, Virginia

Legal Journals: Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice, Editor In Chief Activities: International Law Society - President Asian Pacific American Law Student Association - President Southwest Virginia Innocence Project - Member Public Interest Law Students Association - Member Black Law Students Association – Member

Lexington, Virginia

• Conduct legal research and writing for a Guantanamo Bay military tribunal defense team, Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia Khmer Rouge defense team, and International Criminal Court.

New York, Ny

• Performed legal research and writing.• Conducted interviews with clients at all phases (in detention, post-release, pre-surrender and detention, intake).• Stood on arraignment cases under the student practice rule.• Wrote biographical mitigation papers that were submitted to the Assistant District Attorney and the assigned Judge.• Gathered and obtained various records from multiple agencies (medical, education, etc.)• Accompanied clients to obtain social services.

• Supported the Civil Society Team and its interaction with anti-corruption, anti-drug, and anti-trafficking nonprofit organizations (NGOs).• Wrote project proposals to various governments requesting funding for upcoming NGO events in South Africa and Morocco.• Attended conferences on UN conventions and provided written records of the delegates' responses to changes to the conventions.• Wrote web stories covering major events which were published on the main UNODC website. • Created and submitted personal profiles of Vatican officials to be used by the Executive Director. of UNODC, Yury Fedotov, on his visit to Vatican City.• Researched and gathered information on NGOs and updated the NGO database.

Philadelphia, Pa; New York, Ny

Nationwide, USMAXIMUS is a government consulting firm that supports state governments and advises them on various federal policies. Organized and conducted trainings for both MAXIMUS and client's staff to increase institutional knowledge of Federal IV-E Child Welfare Policy. Managed team of 40 IV-E reviewers, creating structure and delegating tasks.Traveled to various sites to evaluate client's quality assurance reviews.Advised and updated state and city staff on IV-E policy; including writing new statewide policy manuals.Collaborated with lawyers to ensure proper federal policy language in state and city court documents. Assisted the states of Maine, Pennsylvania, Florida, and New York in passing their federal audits, saving the state of New York 60 million dollars.Served as the IV-E policy point person for 18 city administrators, facilitating claiming process efficiency. Collected and analyzed data to determine benefit eligibility.Troubleshot and identified systemic flaws and recommended solutions to client.

Philadelphia, Pa

Worked with court-adjudicated youths and their families to transition the children into their communities from detainment.

Taipei City, Taiwan

Hess is a private English school. Taught English as a second language to children ages 2-16.Created a curriculum, a progress measurement system, evaluation methods, and parental assistance guidelines.

Jd, Law

Certificate, Mandarin

Ba, International Relations - East Asia

Chinese- Mandarin French Minor

Study Abroad, Chinese Culture, History, Politics - All Classes Conducted In Mandarin

Activities and Societies: Also involved in independent study that focused on feminism in post-Communist China.Taught English to adults.