Danielle King is an Attorney for the Child practicing in Family Court in New York City. At the Legal Aid Society, Danielle has represented youth between the ages of 0-21 years of age in abuse and neglect proceedings and juvenile delinquency pre-petition hearings. As a Black, queer, non-binary, former foster youth, Danielle uses their personal experiences to ensure that Family Court system focus on youth’s actual unique voices and experiences. Danielle is passionate about providing better outcomes for youth involved in the child welfare system, especially LGBTQ youth, youth with disabilities and youth of color. Danielle attained a J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law (2016), a M.A. in Urban Affairs from CUNY-Queens College (2012) and a B.A. in English from Michigan State University (2009). While in law school, Danielle was president of Seton Hall Law’s LGBTQ student group, Lambda Law Alliance, served on the law school’s Diversity Council advocating on behalf of LGBTQ students and assisted in a published 2016 NJ Immigration report entitled “Deportation Without Representation: The Access-to-Justice Crisis Facing New Jersey’s Immigrant Families. Danielle also conducted health law parity research and prepared a presentation for a 2016 Health Law Parity Conference at Seton Hall Law. In addition, Danielle interned at Lambda Legal, drafting an educational packet on the School to Prison Pipeline and how it impacts LGBTQ youth, co-compiling a 50 state survey on state statutes regulating homeless youth shelters which impact Transgender and Gender nonconforming youth, drafting an advocacy letter to encourage the Pennsylvania Attorney General and Philadelphia District Attorney to reopen the investigation into the 2002 homicide of Nizah Morris, a Black Trans woman and entertainer, and responding to help desk inquires and prison legal assistance letters on a variety of LGBTQ related issues.