Ms. Maxwell joined Southern Legal Counsel, Inc. in 2005 through a Fellowship sponsored by Equal Justice Works (formerly NAPIL), the Florida Bar Foundation and Greenberg Traurig, LLP. During her fellowship, Ms. Maxwell will be focusing on increasing access to affordable, accessible housing for low-income people with mobility impairing disabilities. She became a member of The Florida Bar in October 2005 and is a member of the Public Interest Law Section of The Florida Bar. She received a J.D. from American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C. in 2005; and a B.A. in Spanish and a B.S. in Journalism from the University of Florida in 2002. While in law school, Ms. Maxwell worked on consumer law issues as a student attorney in the Women & the Law Clinic. She also completed a semester abroad at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in Mexico City.