In her seven years as a public defender, CabanForQueens understands the political battles that have plagued low-income people within the judicial system and government. More than that, she is a product of it:
Some voters may write off Cabán as another Ocasio-Cortez wunderkind. She is, after all, a young Latina from a working-class background. Her opposers will say she has no experience in politics — but that isn't necessarily true. In her seven years as a public defender, Cabán understands the political battles that have plagued low-income people within the judicial system and government. More than that, she is a product of it.
It was because of the financial security of her father's union job that Cabán was able to excel in her studies. She went to a public elementary school and a Catholic high school that she had to take a long bus ride to attend. It was there, she says, that she "felt drawn to social justice issues, housing justice, and government benefits."
In her years as a public defender, which include representing more than 1,000 indigent clients in cases ranging from turnstile jumping to homicide, she came to understand the impact a prison sentence can have on a person and their family.
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