Marya Torrez (She/Her) Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

My roll involves developing and driving forward proactive and defensive policy that impacts peoples’ ability to access comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services. I lead a team to manage and execute large, long-term cross-departmental and coalition projects, as well as leading proactive policy development within PPFA and coalition partners.

Washington, DC

I manage team of nine policy analysts and other staff focused on analyzing, responding to and advocating for policies that protect and improve reproductive health, rights and justice, including under the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, and other federal programs. I develop and oversee development of materials for internal audiences, Planned Parenthood.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

I teach a course on Reproduction and the Law, which tracks regulation of human reproduction and sexuality in the United States, focusing on history, law and policy, with a reproductive justice lens. The course examines how reproductive freedom and oppression are experienced differently by different populations, as well as how the law has been used to.

Washington D.C.

I provided legal expertise and support to Chief Administrative Law Judge, General Counsel’s office and other Administrative Law Judges; reviewed new laws and regulations and provided analysis of the impact on the agency and changes that impact decisions; analyzed proposed legislation impacting agency. Responded to Freedom of Information Act requests and.

I tracked and analyzed relevant reproductive health related activity in Congress and federal agencies; monitored implementation of the Affordable Care Act and drafted comments to federal regulators; wrote issue analyses, fact sheets, talking points, letters to policymakers, staff memos, testimony, blog posts and other key policy and advocacy documents for.

Developed legal guide for pregnant and parenting California minors

Conducted extensive research and provided appropriate legal assistance to litigation team challenging restrictions on reproductive health.

Conducted research into the records of nominees to the federal courts and wrote reports for the press, the public, and the Senate.

Santa Barbara, CA

Ran programs serving runaway, homeless, abused, neglected and otherwise in-crisis youth and their families

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Llm, Law & Government

Bachelor'S Degree, Political Science