Gabriella Herrera Cohen

Gabriella Cohen Herrera grew up in California. She graduated with distinction from UC Berkeley with a B.A. in Sociology. She conducted research on the COVID-19 effects on foster youth and on the effects of sibling separation in the foster care system on educational achievement and mental health. She has worked in helping immigrant families, unaccompanied migrant youth, and youth in the foster care and juvenile justice systems rise. She successfully wrote bill amendment language affecting people impacted by the foster care and juvenile justice systems. At UCLA Law, she is the Chair of the Child and Youth Advocates. She researched for and wrote the Youth Justice Guidebook for the Public Interest Career Guides through the Criminal Justice Program. When she’s not doing school work, Gabriella writes songs and designs Virtual Reality 3D models.