As the 2024-2025 Open Horizon Criminal Justice Fellow, Crystal will be working with various individuals in the DC justice system to create policy with the goal of improving the current DC criminal legal system for all Washingtonians. Crystal just received a JD from the Washington College of Law at American University in 2024. While there where she was part of multiple award-winning teams at the INADR International Mediation Tournament; she also served as the Events Coordinator and Vice President with the Alternative Dispute Resolution Honor Society. During law school, Crystal was a student attorney for the Criminal Justice Clinic, a Dean’s Fellow for the Immigrant Justice Clinic, and was also the 2024 winner of the Andrew E. Taslitz Award for outstanding student in criminal justice. Her internships include the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, the Maryland Office of the Public Defender, Rosenberg & Fayne, and Ayuda. She also holds a B.A. in International Affairs and Political Science from the George Washington University.