Roya is the Executive Director of the COOK Alliance, a nonprofit working to legitimize and support informal home cooking businesses so that culinary entrepreneurship is accessible to all and particularly empowering for women, people of color, and immigrants. As a licensed California attorney, she is committed to advocating for the expansion and implementation of food justice policies and programs. • Manage day-to-day operations, team, and programs to provide education and support for the home cook community.• Enhance organizational growth and efficiency through strategic planning, board development, and partnership outreach.• Raise funding through grants, foundations, individual donors, corporate sponsors, and annual conference revenue.• Advocate for home cooking policies by building coalitions and collaborating with legislators and local organizations.• Drive innovative communication, web, and media strategies to build brand awareness and uplift the mission footprint.

• Monitored and analyzed national, state, and local legislation and drafted materials, including policy briefs and heatmaps, to advise team and investors on strategies, challenges and growth opportunities.• Fostered relationships with elected officials and institutions to drive regulatory efforts, policy, and model legislation.• Established strategic partnerships and organized advocates to build targeted grassroots coalitions to advance initiatives.• Enhanced website, social media, and press communications to ensure legal compliance and optimize engagement.

Microbusiness and Nonprofit Support Program• Managed 150+ cases by overseeing a network of pro bono attorneys to provide support to low-income entrepreneurs.• Developed and implemented new programs and workshops, including a remote COVID-19 specific legal clinic.• Advised clients on for-profit and non-profit entity formation, regulatory requirements, operations and governance.• Fostered relationships with local organizations to expand program impact and presence within the community.• Presented to various local government authorities to help advocate for the implementation of legislation.• Drafted grant proposals and reports by compiling statistics and persuasive narratives to secure competitive funding.

• Provided pro bono legal assistance at the domestic violence, HIV/AIDS and family law clinics.

• Drafted certificates, consents, agreements, deed of trusts, closing documents and opinion letters for credit facilities.• Conducted diligence, prepared promissory notes and managed closing checklists for commercial real estate acquistions.• Analyzed regulatory changes and composed presentations to ensure client compliance with labor and employment laws.• Provided trial and post-trial research, drafting and in-court support for a Fortune 500 client’s complex contract dispute.

• Advised 150+ law students on contracts law principles by leading study groups, practice exams and tutoring sessions.• Drafted resources on contract formation, interpretation, warranties, covenants, enforcement, breach and unique terms.

•Filed trademark applications by conducting due diligence, preparing specimens, and communicating with the client.•Researched and drafted numerous memoranda on corporate law, civil procedure, torts, insurance law, and more. •Drafted successful motions and demurrers for a variety of civil matters.

• Drafted motions and numerous other court ready documents under the guidance of attorneys and paralegals.• Managed a series of monthly office wide memos while utilizing ProLaw legal software. • Compiled classified reports by conducting research with LexisNexis and WestLaw.

• Was the teaching assistant for the classes Psychobiology of Mental Disorders and Stress & Behavior, taught by Dr. Joseph Tecce.• Organized classroom management and served as the primary contact for students.• Contributed to the development of scholarly journal articles.

• Provided assistance and support for victims of domestic violence in filing for abuse prevention orders.• Aided lawyers, clerks and other advocates within the courtroom while observing numerous court hearings.

• Analyzed Classified Death Penalty cases to draft court ready documents • Organized computer based court transcripts and files for more efficient recall