Betsy Dobbins, Esq. is the executive director of the Center for Children’s Rights, a legal resource and advocacy center for youth. Prior to becoming an attorney, Ms. Dobbins was a social worker who provided mental health services to youth and their families involved in the juvenile justice, child welfare, mental health, and immigration systems. As an attorney, Ms. Dobbins has worked as an assistant public defender representing youth in the juvenile justice system and adult resentencing hearings for individuals who were sentenced to life without parole as juveniles. Ms. Dobbins has presented nationally and internationally on her resiliency research, which focuses on the intersection of rights and resiliency with reciprocal relationships and transformation as integral to creating community pathways to resilience for youth. Ms. Dobbins is a member of Florida’s Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention State Advisory Group.