Michele A. Plummer is a staff attorney in the Child Advocacy Unit at the Legal Aid Bureau, Inc. in Baltimore City. As a staff attorney, she represents and advocates for children in the foster care system in Baltimore City whose ages range from birth to 21 years. During her 10 years at the Legal Aid Bureau, Inc. she has had the opportunity to empower youth by giving them information and counseling them to make good decisions regarding their lives.
In the course of her career, Michele has worked with youth of all ages from varying backgrounds in multiple capacities. In the legal field, she represented the best interests of children involved in child custody cases as a court appointed Guardian ad Litem during her years as a sole practitioner. In the educational arena, she has worked as a part-time elementary school tutor in math and reading in the District of Columbia, additionally serving youngsters as a long-term substitute in Head Start. Michele also gained supervisory experience at Bowie State University during the colleges’ New Student Orientation Program for which she provided oversight to a staff of college students and visiting program youth. Additionally, over the last 14 years Michele has continued faithfully to volunteer in the nursery program at her church, serving infants and teaching toddlers while supervising other youth and adult staff volunteers.
Michele derives from a multicultural background. Having travelled to many countries, she continues to enjoy learning about and experiencing other cultures. A focus on education established early in Michele’s life, resulted in her earning both an Artium Baccalaurei as a sociology major at Dartmouth College and a Juris Doctor at George Washington University.
