Briana Zweifler - Secretary

Briana Zweifler is a California attorney working towards decarceration, decriminalization, and reinvestment in community health. In 2020, she returned to her hometown of Fresno to serve as the Youth Law & Policy Attorney at Fresno Barrios Unidos (FBU). In this role, Briana supports youth- and community-led policy initiatives to promote youth justice, health justice, and education justice. Prior to joining FBU, Briana was the UC Presidential Public Service Fellow at the National Center for Youth Law, where she advocated for community-based and developmentally-appropriate responses to youth in contact with the juvenile justice system. She worked with several Bay Area and Northern California organizations during law school, including the ACLU of Northern California, the Prison Law Office, the Juvenile Division of the Alameda County Public Defender’s Office, and the Yurok Tribal Court. She also interned at the W. Haywood Burns Institute, where she conducted extensive research on youth diversion programs. She earned her B.A. from UC Berkeley in 2013 and J.D. from the UC Davis School of Law in 2018.