Sonya Passi
Sonya Passi
Sonya Passiis the Founder & CEO at FreeFrom.
[1] She is based in Los Angeles. [1] Passi was selected to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2017 for the Law & Policy category.
Education
Sonya is originally from the United Kingdom and graduated from the Withington Girls' School. [1] She earned her B.A. and M.Phil from the University of Cambridge and was a member of Trinity College. [1] She attained her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 2013. [1]
Career
Early in her career, Passi was an Associate at Morgan Stanley. [1] During her second year of law school, Passi founded the Family Violence Appellate Project ("FVAP") which provides free appellate legal services to survivors of domestic violence. [1] Since 2012, FVAP has won 80% of affirmative appeals (CA Statewide average is 21%), and won 100% of the appeals it has defended. [1] In August 2015, Passi founded FreeForm which helps domestic-abuse survivors to achieve economic justice and long-term financial stability. [1]