I am a graduate of the University of Kentucky with a BS in Business & Economics and a JD in Law. I was an active Trial Lawyer and served as a Special Justice on the Kentucky Supreme Court. I have and continue to believe strongly in the ACLU as providing a voice for the voiceless and a defender for the defenseless - for those whose Civil and Human Rights have been violated. Over my entire career, I have used my talents and abilities to fight injustice, intolerance, discrimination, and unfairness. With my past education, legal experience, political connections, and as a woman who has faced her own extreme discrimination for being a married lesbian, transgender woman, I will bring empathy, caring and concern to the ACLU of Kentucky Board of Directors.