Maria Foscarinis | |
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| Born | August 8, 1956 New York City, U.S. |
| Education | Columbia University (BA, MA, JD) |
Maria Foscarinis (born August 8, 1956) is the founder of the National Homelessness Law Center (formerly known as the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty), a not-for-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., United States, and dedicated to using the power of the law to end homelessness in America.[1] From its founding in June 1989 to March 2021, Foscarinis served as Executive Director of the organization, which is She is a primary architect of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987,[1][2] now known as the McKinney–Vento Homeless Assistance Act, the first major federal legislation addressing homelessness.
Foscarinis grew up in a middle-class, Greek immigrant family in Manhattan, New York. Foscarinis graduated from the New Lincoln School, received a B.A., magna cum laude, from Barnard College of Columbia University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa; a Master of Arts (in Philopsophy) from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University, where she was a John Dewy Fellow; and a J.D. from Columbia Law School,[3] where she was an editor of the Law Review.
- ^ Baer, Susan (April 22, 1990). "She Gave Up Wall Street to Find Justice". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Mecoli, Mathew (30 November 2019). "Human Rights Heroes: Maria Foscarinis, Eric Tars and the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty". Human Rights. 44 (3). American Bar Association. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ^ "The New Social Reformers". The New York Times. October 26, 1986.