www.negociosnow.com
8 February 2019
Age: 34
Title: Senior Staff Attorney
Name of Organization: Chicago
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights
Bio: Attorney, Barbara Barreno-
Paschall is a policy advocate on be-
half of civil rights and racial equity
in Chicago. She is also a Senior Staff
Attorney with Chicago Lawyers'
Committee for Civil Rights.
As a former associate at
Sidley Austin LLP, Barbara wor-
ked in the Labor and Employ-
ment Group. In 2012 and 2014,
she received Sidley's Thomas
H. Morsch Award for pro bono
achievement in connection with
asylum representation. She has
also served as a representative
on the firm's Associate Diversity
Council and as a member of the
Associate Board of the Chicago
Committee. Barbara was also an
at large member of the Public In-
terest Law Initiative Alumni Net-
work Leadership Council.
Currently, Barbara serves on
the Board of Directors for PO-
DER. She also serves as Secretary
for Harvard Alumni for Global
Women's Empowerment Board
and a board member for the
Hyde Park Kenwood Communi-
ty Conference. In 2018, Barbara
was elected to the Kenwood Aca-
demy Local School Council as a
Community Representative. She
was also named one of Chicago
Scholars' 35 Under 35 Making an
Impact and was a Chicago Scho-
lars mentor to Latino high school
seniors in 2014-2017. Barbara
was a 2016 Fellow with New Lea-
ders Council and was selected to
participate in competitive lea-
dership training programs with
the Illinois Women's Institute for
Leadership, the Latino Center for
Leadership Development, and
New American Leaders.
Barbara, daughter of an Ecua-
dorian immigrant, grew up in Los
Angeles. She is a graduate of both
Harvard College, Vanderbilt Law
School, where she was the Execu-
tive Editor of the Vanderbilt Law
Review and Chair of the National
Latina/o Law Student Association.
She has also attended the Univer-
sity of Chicago Harris School of
Public Policy, where she where
she received a full scholarship and
received a Masters of Public Policy.
Barbara resides in Hyde Park with
her husband and daughter.
Barbara R.
Barreno-Paschall
WORDS OF WISDOM:
"D
o not take anything for granted
and always show gratitude
toward those who help you achieve your
dreams. Take the time to mentor and
support those who come after you."
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