{"id":2616,"date":"2023-01-02T00:00:19","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T00:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azexpunge.org\/2022\/09\/29\/partner-profile-mia-burcham-2\/"},"modified":"2023-01-02T19:44:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T19:44:06","slug":"partner-profile-lenna-ortega","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azexpunge.org\/nv\/2023\/01\/02\/partner-profile-lenna-ortega\/","title":{"rendered":"Partner Profile – Lenna Ortega"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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To lead off 2023, we\u2019re introducing you to one of the most valuable contributors to the Reclaim Your Future campaign in 2022! Meet Lenna Ortega, the program administrative coordinator for the Arizona Marijuana Expungement Coalition.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was in high school and college, I\u2019d have teachers and professors explain the system and illustrate how the system was broken in so many ways. And just hearing that, it\u2019s easy to kind of accept it,\u201d said Ortega, the program administrative coordinator for the Arizona Marijuana Expungement Coalition.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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“And yet, here I am 15, 20 years later, working with people who are doing something about it. It took me a while, but I finally found the right place to be and the people to work with to help bring about reform,\u201d said Ortega, a Phoenix College graduate and certified paralegal.<\/p>\n

In her role with the Coalition, Ortega tracks, prepares and submits monthly program and finance reports to the Arizona Department of Health Services, which funds the Coalition\u2019s work thanks to the 2020 passage of Proposition 207, the initiative that legalized adult recreational use of marijuana in Arizona and created a path to\u00a0 expungement for people with marijuana-related criminal records. Ortega also collects data, assists with outreach clinics, identifies cases in which Coalition partners can be most effective, and tracks expungement petitions as they are prepared for filing with the courts.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t

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\u201cMy job is to support the program and program manager (attorney Martin Hutchins) with pretty much anything they need,\u201d Ortega said.<\/p>\n

Not long after expungement went into effect in Arizona, Lenna attended a resentencing hearing for an incarcerated person represented by Coalition attorneys who was released from prison after their marijuana conviction was expunged.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\u201cAnd that\u2019s something that\u2019s happened again more times since then, thanks to families and people in prison finding out more about expungement,\u201d Ortega said. \u201cBut on a daily basis doing this work, I get to hear from people who are so grateful to get help from the Coalition, to be free from this burdensome record.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ll call or email me and explain that they’re trying to get the title to their vehicle, or they lost a great job they wish they still had,\u201d Ortega said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese might seem like simple things to a lot of folks, but all those little things add up and really hold people back from so much.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust to hear people on the phone say how grateful they are,\u201d Ortega added, \u201cit\u2019s been really cool to be part of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t find Lenna at the next #ReclaimYourFuture<\/a> expungement clinic in Phoenix in January, she plans to be at the Willo Home Tour and Street Fair<\/em> on Feb. 18-19, answering questions about expungement and connecting people to the Coalition.<\/p>\n

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Partner Profiles<\/h1>\n <\/svg> \"Lenna

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In the Right Place with the Right People<\/em><\/p>\n\n

To lead off 2023, we\u2019re introducing you to one of the most valuable contributors to the Reclaim Your Future campaign in 2022! Meet Lenna Ortega, the program administrative coordinator for the Arizona Marijuana Expungement Coalition.<\/p>

\u201cWhen I was in high school and college, I\u2019d have teachers and professors explain the system and illustrate how the system was broken in so many ways. And just hearing that, it\u2019s easy to kind of accept it,\u201d said Ortega, the program administrative coordinator for the Arizona Marijuana Expungement Coalition.<\/p>\n

\"And yet, here I am 15, 20 years later, working with people who are doing something about it. It took me a while, but I finally found the right place to be and the people to work with to help bring about reform,\u201d said Ortega, a Phoenix College graduate and certified paralegal.<\/p>

In her role with the Coalition, Ortega tracks, prepares and submits monthly program and finance reports to the Arizona Department of Health Services, which funds the Coalition\u2019s work thanks to the 2020 passage of Proposition 207, the initiative that legalized adult recreational use of marijuana in Arizona and created a path to\u00a0 expungement for people with marijuana-related criminal records. Ortega also collects data, assists with outreach clinics, identifies cases in which Coalition partners can be most effective, and tracks expungement petitions as they are prepared for filing with the courts.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy job is to support the program and program manager (attorney Martin Hutchins) with pretty much anything they need,\u201d Ortega said.<\/p>

Not long after expungement went into effect in Arizona, Lenna attended a resentencing hearing for an incarcerated person represented by Coalition attorneys who was released from prison after their marijuana conviction was expunged.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn a daily basis...I get to hear from people who are so grateful to get help from the Coalition, to be free from this burdensome record.\"<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd that\u2019s something that\u2019s happened again more times since then, thanks to families and people in prison finding out more about expungement,\u201d Ortega said. \u201cBut on a daily basis doing this work, I get to hear from people who are so grateful to get help from the Coalition, to be free from this burdensome record.<\/p>

\u201cThey\u2019ll call or email me and explain that they're trying to get the title to their vehicle, or they lost a great job they wish they still had,\u201d Ortega said.<\/p>

\u201cThese might seem like simple things to a lot of folks, but all those little things add up and really hold people back from so much.<\/p>

\u201cJust to hear people on the phone say how grateful they are,\u201d Ortega added, \u201cit\u2019s been really cool to be part of that.\u201d<\/p>

If you don\u2019t find Lenna at the next #ReclaimYourFuture<\/a> expungement clinic in Phoenix in January, she plans to be at the Willo Home Tour and Street Fair<\/em> on Feb. 18-19, answering questions about expungement and connecting people to the Coalition.<\/p>

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