Advocates for Children of New York
Allison Guttu is an experienced attorney who has worked as a Staff Attorney and Pro Bono Coordinator at Advocates for Children of New York since April 2010. Prior to that, Allison was an Equal Justice Works Fellow at National Advocates for Pregnant Women, where Allison focused on drug policy and reproductive justice. Allison also has experience as a Teen Parent Caseworker at Talbot Perkins Children's Services, where Allison advocated for clients in family and criminal court. Allison holds a JD from New York University School of Law and an A.B. in History of Science from Harvard University.
Advocates for Children of New York
For more than 50 years, Advocates for Children of New York has played an important and unique role in New York's public education community. We focus on the children and youth who are most likely to experience failure or discrimination in school because of poverty, race, disability, language barriers, homelessness, or involvement in the foster care or juvenile justice systems. No other city-wide organization works in the trenches, providing these vulnerable students and their families with the one-on-one guidance and advocacy they need, while at the same time, pressing for systemic reforms that benefit all students, even those who are most challenging to educate. Our efforts on the individual and policy levels inform and strengthen each other, increasing our effectiveness for the communities we serve.