Dinah Ortiz

Dinah Ortiz is the parent advocate supervisor with the family defense at the Bronx Defenders. For over seven years she has worked with vulnerable women in a variety of contexts, including working with formerly incarcerated mothers and fathers battling addiction. Ortiz has appeared on dozens of panels nationwide to discuss harm reduction strategies and the unique challenges facing pregnant women in the criminal justice system, and has served as a member of several not-for-profit organizations focusing on educating doctors, lawyers, and social workers (specifically those in the child welfare arena) with the necessary tools to better service current and formerly incarcerated women and mothers battling addiction.