Bio highlights: Tranisha joined Legal Aid NC as a case coordinator on our Pro Bono Programs team in August 2023. She works exclusively on our Heir Property Pro Bono Project. Tranisha is a licensed realtor who holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in psychology and is currently working on a second master’s in clinical mental health counseling.
Resident and native of: Durham, NC
Fun fact: Wants to one day open a community counseling and housing center.
Bio highlights: Sarah joined Legal Aid as a case coordinator for our Pro Bono Programs team in 2022. She has a paralegal certificate from Duke University and previously worked as a litigation paralegal in a law firm in Raleigh. She earned her bachelor’s in Political Science and Gender and Women’s History from UNC Chapel Hill in 2020.
Resident of: Durham, NC
Native of: Charlotte, NC
Fun fact: Ran her first half marathon in 2021
Bio highlights: Brionna joined Legal Aid as a case coordinator for our Pro Bono Programs team in 2022. She earned her bachelor’s in Social Work from Austin Peay State University, in Tennessee, in 2020. During college, she interned as a social worker at Sigma Health Services, in Raleigh.
Resident of: Raleigh, NC
Native of: Memphis, TN
Fun fact: Loves painting, drawing and interior decorating
Bio highlights: Leslie joined Legal Aid in 2016 as a paralegal with The Child’s Advocate, one of our special projects. She previously worked with special populations in the Wake Co. School System and privately. She has a paralegal certificate from Meredith College and a bachelor’s from Montclair State in New Jersey.
Resident of: Garner, NC
Native of: Parsippany, NJ
Fun fact: Corgi lover
Bio highlights: Cierra joined Legal Aid as a case coordinator on our Pro Bono Programs team in 2022, the same year she earned her bachelor’s in Criminal Justice from William Peace University, in Raleigh. During college, she interned for Justice Phillip Berger, Jr., of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, and in the Wake County Sherriff’s Office.
Resident and native of: Fuquay Varina, NC
Fun fact: Has a twin brother