Background
Rosa, Margarita was born on January 5, 1953 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Jose and Julia (Mojica) Rosa.
lawyer Agency executive director
Rosa, Margarita was born on January 5, 1953 in Brooklyn. Daughter of Jose and Julia (Mojica) Rosa.
Bachelor in History cum laude, Princeton University, 1974. Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1977.
Associate, Rosenman & Colin, New York City, 1977-1979;
associate, Rabinowitz & Boudin, New York City, 1981-1984;
staff attorney, Puerto Rican Legal Defense Education Fund, New York City, 1979-1981;
teaching fellow Urban Legal Studies program, CUNY, 1984-1985;
general counsel, New York State Division Human Rights, New York City, 1985-1988;
executive deputy commissioner, New York State Division Human Rights, New York City, 1988-1990;
commissioner, New York State Division Human Rights, New York City, 1990-1995;
executive director, Grand St. Settlement, since 1995. Vice chairman New York State Task force on American Dental Association Implementation, 1991-1995. Mem.N.Y. Governor's Task Force on Sexual Harassment, 1992.
Board directors Public Interest Law Foundation, New York University Law School, 1982-1984. Adjunct Professor law Fordham Law School, 1995. Adjunct Professor public policy Wagner School New York University, since 1995.
Board directors Martin Luther King Junior Commission New York State, 1990-1995, Feminist Press CUNY, 1990-1995. Member of advisory board New York City Indiana Budget Office, since 1996, Women in Management Institute, Wagner School, New York University, since 1995.
Board directors United Neighborhood Houses, 1995-1997, Legal Services for Children, 1999-2003, Non-Profit Coordinating Committee, vice chair, since 2001, Foundation for Child Development, since 2004, secretary since 2005, National Philanthropic Trust, since 2001. Member New York State Bar Association (committee on minorities in the profession 1997), Association Bar City New York (commission future of City University of New York 1999-2000).
1 child, Marisol Kimberly Rosa-Shapiro.