Lisa Kociubes Lavitt is the project director for the Queens Community Justice Center – Jamaica. She joined the Justice Center in 2014 as the clinical director. Prior to joining the Center for Justice Innovation, she served as a social work supervisor and the director of the Safe Families Project at The Legal Aid Society, Juvenile Rights Division. She holds a BA from Bates College, a MSW from Columbia University, and post-masters certificate in child and family therapy from New York University’s school of social work.