Magdalena Tsiongas

(she/her)

Policy Manager

As Policy Manager for CCE, Tsiongas is responsible for managing the youth and criminal justice policy projects and campaigns, and conducting relevant legal and policy research to support them. Outside of CCE, she also continues to serve as the convenor of the Maryland Second Look Coalition, working to pass second look legislation. Tsiongas completed her Master of Public Health at the George Washington University, with a focus on criminalized public health issues. While there she worked on research around medical-legal partnerships to support gun violence survivors and supporting the healthcare needs of the incarcerated population. She also received her Bachelor of Arts in Justice Studies from Rhode Island College. In her free time, Tsiongas continues to volunteer as a restorative justice practitioner and a mediator, providing community with conflict resolution outside of the prosecutorial system, and has led mediations and circle processes between community members, coworkers, and co-parents.