Julia Yoshimoto | Senior Advisor and Director of the Women’s Justice Project
Julia Yoshimoto was born and raised in Hawai‘i. She spent time studying and working abroad before returning to Hawai‘i and working in social services. She received her Master of Social Work degree from the University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa and worked primarily with low-income women in the areas of behavioral health and drug addiction. Through this work, she became acutely aware of the need for accessible, quality, and compassionate legal services for marginalized individuals.
Julia moved to Oregon to attend law school. She has met talented and compassionate women who have been instrumental in helping her in her legal career, to work through challenges of being a woman of color in Oregon, and to realize her vision of increasing access to legal services and raising public awareness around issues impacting women.
JD, Lewis & Clark Law School, cum laude
MSW, University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa
BA, Carleton College, cum laude