BALIF: Paloma Wu

PALOMA WU
University of San Francisco School of Law
Law Student and Co-President of (LGBT) Pride Law Association at USF School of Law

Paloma grew up in Reno, Nevada and received her B.A. from Dartmouth College. She is currently a third year law student at the University of San Francisco School of Law and was recently elected to the BALIF Board as the Law Student Representative. While in law school, Paloma worked as a summer associate at Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, and as a judicial extern for Judge Howard D. McKibben (United States District Court for the District of Nevada). She has conducted research for Professor Peter Jan Honigsberg's "Witness to Guantanamo" project and Professor Tim Iglesias's book, "The Legal Guide to Affordable Housing Development". Paloma is also a USF Law Review senior staff member and served as Co-President for USF's (LGBT) Pride Law Association. Outside of law school, Paloma served as Secretary on the Board of Directors of the California Wilderness Coalition, a statewide non-profit the lobbies state and federal government for wilderness legislation and protection. Prior to law school, Paloma worked as a Capital Habeas Investigator at the Habeas Corpus Resource Center, a state agency representing indigent people on California's death row. She also worked at Rosen, Bien & Glavan, LLP, on the "Coleman v. Schwarzenegger" case, a class action lawsuit representing 30,000+ prisoners receiving mental health care in California's Department of Corrections. Paloma lives in San Francisco with her wife; they have been together seven years. From Paloma to LGBT teens growing up today: "It gets better for two reasons. First, you will soon be able to choose your surroundings and the people you spend time with, and you will find a family of people who love and support you. Second, the rest of the world is growing up with you, and the arc of the universe truly does bend, though slowly, towards justice; in the meantime, it helps to be kind to yourself... even if others are not."

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• It Gets Better
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[bintalshamsa]

The videos produced by women of color are the ones that really mean the most to me. These are the women that I hope my young queer daughter grows up to be. It took me so long to reach that point, because they didn't have videos like this when I was a teen. This generation of LGBTQIA kids are living in one of the best times in history for those like us.

[razawu]

You're fantastic! Love the video and love the sincerity. Would love to hear more from this articulate young woman.

[winningestjockey]

"It doesn't just get better - it gets fantastic!" Love it! Great video.