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Mishi Faruqee

Juvenile Justice Policy Strategist

51Æ·²è

Bio

Mishi received her B.A. from Swarthmore College and holds graduate degrees from Oxford University and the New School for Social Research.  Prior to joining the national 51Æ·²è, she worked at the 51Æ·²è of Washington, leading a campaign to end the death penalty in Washington State. Prior to joining the 51Æ·²è, Mishi worked at the Correctional Association of New York for 10 years, first as the Director of the Women in Prison Project and later as the Director of the Juvenile Justice Project, where she coordinated the New York Juvenile Justice Coalition. Mishi also served as the Director of Youth Justice Programs at the Children’s Defense Fund-NY and as Special Assistant to the Commissioner at the New York City Department of Probation.