Prior to being elected to the State Senate and Boston City Council, Lydia worked extensively in the legal field. She worked as a public interest attorney with Greater Boston Legal Services focusing on labor issues such as fighting for access to unemployment insurance, back wages, fair treatment for domestic workers, and combating human trafficking.
Every person in our Commonwealth has the right to clear air and water, but for too long, low-income communities, immigrants and people of color have faced disproportionate levels of pollution while also being denied opportunity in the green economy.