Allaena Cruz
Allaena Cruz is a fellow with Texas RioGrande Legal Aid’s Housing Team in Austin, focused on enforcing the housing rights of low-income families by providing direct representation and advice. She also works on outreach initiatives to further the housing rights of those who have experienced domestic and family violence. Her work is supported by Texas Law's G. Rollie White Trust Fellowship in Public Interest Law, funded with support from the G. Rollie White Trust.
At Texas Law, Allaena was a member of the Public Interest Law Association, Law Students for Black Lives, and the Asian Pacific American Law Student Association. She volunteered for a variety of pro bono projects and participated in the Transnational Worker Rights Clinic, Capital Punishment Clinic, and Housing Clinic. She spent her summers working with TRLA’s Education Team in San Antonio and Texas Appleseed’s New Projects Team in Austin. As a 3L, she worked for TRLA as a Telephone Access to Justice Associate. Cruz first worked for TRLA as a volunteer on disaster recovery the fall semester of her sophomore year in college, an experience that inspired her to attend law school to become a legal aid attorney.