The session in which we spoke with Selena Alonzo, J.D. a public defender in Maryland. Selena is a Mexican-American and was strongly influenced by her family experience of having several of the most important men in her life incarcerated for various reasons. She holds deep knowledge of the effects of incarceration on men and their families. Knowing the truest solution is systemic change, Selena uses law to work within the system to help change a potentially negative life course for people as best she can.