Fulvia Vargas de Leon

Fulvia Vargas-De Leon is an Associate Counsel at LatinoJustice PRLDEF where her practice focuses on advocating for voting rights, fair redistricting processes and economic justice in the Latino community. As an attorney, she has dedicated her legal career to advocating for underserved communities with a particular focus on employment discrimination. Prior to joining LatinoJustice, Fulvia was a Bronx Legal

Fulvia served as Staff Attorney for the Legal Hand sites in the Bronx. In this role, Fulvia provided advice to community members in various areas of civil law and hosted workshops to educate community and volunteer members on their rights in the areas of housing, labor and employment and public benefits. Fulvia began her career as a Pro Bono Scholar and later Staff Attorney with Legal Services of Central New York in Binghamton, NY.

Fulvia earned her J.D. from the Syracuse University College of Law, where she was a Public Interest Scholar and part of the inaugural class of the New York Pro Bono Scholars program. She received her B.A. in Global Studies and Political Science from Lehigh University in 2012