EP. 59: ADHD and Justice Sensitivity with Immigration Attorney Taylor Levy

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In Episode #59 of ADHD for Smart Ass Women, Tracy introduces her guest Taylor Levy. Taylor is an immigration attorney in El Paso, Texas. She was the Legal Coordinator at Annunciation House, El Paso’s largest migrant shelter. During the summer and fall of 2018, Taylor worked with dozens of pro bono attorneys who traveled to El Paso from across the U.S. to provide free legal representation to immigrant parents separated from their minor children because of the “zero-tolerance” policy enacted by the Trump administration. Attorneys volunteering with Annunciation House provided legal consultations and pro bono reunification to more than 400 separated families. Currently, Taylor focuses her work on asylum-seeking families who have been returned to Mexico under the “Remain in Mexico” program. She also mentors attorneys from around the country on these cases and does advocacy, media, and policy work centered on protecting vulnerable asylum seekers arriving at our border.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Taylor talks about an article that ProPublica just published about her clients, Honduran refugees Mirza, David and their kids. </span></p> <p><strong>Taylor also shares:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How she ended up in law school while working full time and raising a child as a single mother</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The circumstances surrounding her own ADHD diagnosis </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Symptoms that she always wondered about but now with the benefit of hindsight she recognizes as clearly ADHD?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What has changed since her diagnosis?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How she ended up representing immigrants and asylum seekers before she even went to law school</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span sty