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Carmelyn P. Malalis, a daughter of Filipino immigrants, assumed her role as chair and commissioner of New York City’s Commission on Human Rights in February.
Malalis was appointed by mayor Bill de Blasio in November 2014, “following more than a decade in private practice as an advocate for employees’ rights in the workplace,” it is noted on the New York City government website.
She has a history of fighting discrimination, prejudice and harassment, making her the perfect chair for the city agency. It acts, after all, as a watchdog of the city’s anti-discrimination laws.
Malalis a Yale undergrad who earned her law degree from Northeastern University School of Law, “received such a warm welcome last week from members of the City Council and advocates for the poor. In her second week on the job, Ms. Malalis was vowing to vigorously enforce the law and to revitalize the chronically underfinanced agency,” reports New York Times.
She was previously a partner at law firm Outten &Golden LLP, where she co-chaired the firm’s two practice groups for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Workplace Rights as well as Family Responsibilities and Disability Discrimination.
She is married to a woman from Ehtiopia and has two biracial daughters, according to NYT.
Photo: Asianjournal.com/Outten & Golden LLP
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