As the Director for Mekelle University Legal Aid Center, Mebrahtom Tesfahunegn has experience providing a range of legal aid services such as legal advice, writing pleas, and representing women and other vulnerable groups in courts of law. Upon returning to Ethiopia, Mebrahtom plans to establish a women’s legal aid council and fund on the national level. Mebrahtom will be placed at YWCA in Portland, Oregon engaging in program addressing issues with vicitms of civil rights, domestic violence and incarceration in underprivileged communities.