New Team Member

Please join us in welcoming Karen Phillips, J.D. to the War on Poverty-Florida team!  Karen will serve as Project Coordinator/Policy Analyst in our Miami office.

Karen gained previous community development experience when she served as President of the Peggy Quince Chapter of Black Law Students Association, where she coordinated outreach/ mentoring programs for youth. Prior to her position with War on Poverty-Florida,  Karen worked in the legal field in the areas of Commercial Litigation and Immigration.

 

A graduate of St. Thomas University School of Law, Karen holds a Juris Doctor degree and a Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Leadership and Group Communications from Trinity International University.

 

Karen is a member of Christway Baptist Church, The Gwen S. Cherry Black Women Lawyers Assocation and the proud mother of two daughters, Kytana (13) and Kyrsten (6).