Amy Meselson
Amy Valor Meselson | |
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| Born | December 4, 1971 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | July 22, 2018 (aged 46) New York City, U.S. |
| Education | Brown University (BA, Philosophy) Harvard University (MA, Philosophy) Yale Law School (JD) |
| Occupation | Immigration lawyer |
| Known for | Managing attorney at Immigrant Justice Corps |
| Parent(s) | Matthew Meselson, Sarah Page Meselson |
Amy Valor Meselson (December 4, 1971 – July 22, 2018) was the managing lawyer for the New York City-based Immigrant Justice Corps.
She worked in the immigration law unit of New York's Legal Aid Society from 2002, helping then-high school student Amadou Ly[1] and other migrant children. In 2016 she traveled to Greece to volunteer at a Syrian refugee camp. She was managing attorney for the Immigrant Justice Corps when she died by suicide at home on July 22, 2018.[2] In addition to the depression she had been battling since she was a child, The Independent wrote, "She had also recently been diagnosed with extreme anxiety and attention deficit disorder, conditions that may have been exacerbated by the time she spent at the camp."[1]
Family and education
[edit | edit source]Born in Boston to Matthew and Sarah Page Meselson, she received her Bachelor's degree from Brown University and a Master's from Harvard University, both in philosophy. She received her J.D. from Yale.[3]
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