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Keith Loken (he/him) is a volunteer with the NJP Bellingham field office after a distinguished career working for the U.S. State Department.
Randi is a social worker with a master’s degree. After a heart attack so severe she clinically died, Randi was overwhelmed with medical bills but diligently paid as much as she could each month.
“When our car–our home–was towed and impounded, we lost everything! Clothes, food, medicine, all gone. We couldn’t afford the fee, and they kept piling up to $1,200."
Alyssa P. Au (she/her) is a Staff Attorney at the Northwest Consumer Law Center.
“I was working as a dispatcher and started having leg pain. It was getting bad."
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Alyssa P. Au (she/her) is a Staff Attorney at the Northwest Consumer Law Center.
“Home is at the center for my family. Going through a divorce is hard enough. Raising 6 kids is pretty tough too. I did that while going to college full-time. When my ex-husband and I separated, he stopped paying the mortgage for a year. I had no idea until I came home to find foreclosure papers."
Matt Brady (he/him) heads CTM Legal Group’s office in Seattle.
"My son Matthew is 28 and a member of the Spokane tribe. He also has Down Syndrome. Raising him has been a joy. But Matthew’s father passed away from cancer and soon after I was also diagnosed with a very aggressive and rare breast cancer. Matthew had a really hard time when his daddy died."
Rich Zahniser (he/him) said that his time at NJP constitutes at least his third career, following stints as a public defender in Alaska, a business owner, and a PTA president.