In 2019, the Houston Young Lawyers Association, a non-profit bar organization, and its President Samantha Torres created history by establishing the first-ever First Generation Attorneys Committee. In effort to amplify the voices and stories of First Gen Attorneys based in Houston, Texas, each episode of this podcast will feature a First Gen Attorney and their story, centered around a given prompt. HYLA and the First Generation Attorneys Committee sincerely thank our sponsor, the Texas Young Lawyers Association, whose grant made this podcast possible.
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In 2019, the Houston Young Lawyers Association, a non-profit bar organization, and its President Samantha Torres created history by establishing the first-ever First Generation Attorneys Committee. In effort to amplify the voices and stories of First Gen Attorneys based in Houston, Texas, each episode of this podcast will feature a First Gen Attorney and their story, centered around a given prompt. HYLA and the First Generation Attorneys Committee sincerely thank our sponsor, the Texas Young Lawyers Association, whose grant made this podcast possible.
Samantha Torres is currently an associate attorney at Germer, PLLC and was the 2019-2020 President of the Houston Young Lawyers Association (HYLA). In this season premiere, Samantha shares her First Gen Story, the inspiration and origin story of HYLA’s first-ever First Generation Attorneys Committee, the importance of showing up, giving back, and finding your community, as well as some important advice for our First Gen listeners. Thanks for listening! Please direct all inquiries to hylafirstgen@gmail.com.
The Stories of First Generation Attorneys
In 2019, the Houston Young Lawyers Association, a non-profit bar organization, and its President Samantha Torres created history by establishing the first-ever First Generation Attorneys Committee. In effort to amplify the voices and stories of First Gen Attorneys based in Houston, Texas, each episode of this podcast will feature a First Gen Attorney and their story, centered around a given prompt. HYLA and the First Generation Attorneys Committee sincerely thank our sponsor, the Texas Young Lawyers Association, whose grant made this podcast possible.
