Leidy V. Quiceno

Educator, UP Academy Leonard

**Leidy V. Quiceno** BA in Criminal Justice (magna cum laude); Member, National Criminal Justice Honor Society (Alpha Phi Sigma). Her LLOP project shed light on domestic violence among undocumented immigrant women in the U.S. Her presentation at the Summer Institute of Latino Public Policy in Washington, D.C. sought to communicate how the legal justice system can serve this vulnerable population. LLOP awakened her sense of and skills in social advocacy and she continues to share and sharpen those skills as a teacher, mentor, and future social worker. Leidy is currently teaching science at UP Academy Leonard in Lawrence, MA.