Nesta joined NCLR as a staff attorney in 2020, continuing a career focused on advocating for the rights of children and families.

Nesta graduated in 2008 with a BA from Stony Brook University, where she majored in Philosophy. In 2013, Nesta was awarded her JD from the George Washington University Law School, where she did clinical work in medical torts, domestic violence advocacy, and family law.

During her five-year tenure as a staff attorney with The Legal Aid Society’s Juvenile Rights Practice, Nesta represented over seven hundred children in primarily “child welfare” matters. Subsequently, as a writing/appellate staff attorney with The Children’s Law Center, Nesta advocated for youth at the trial and appellate levels in primarily custody and visitation matters.

As an LGBTQ+ family law attorney at NCLR, Nesta works at the intersections of LGBTQ+ rights, racial justice, economic justice, and disability justice to advance the rights of LGBTQ+ parents, parents of LGBTQ+ children, and single and multi-parent families through legislative and policy advocacy, public and professional education, and impact litigation. Nesta advocates for expanding equitable access to reproductive health care while safeguarding the health and rights of people acting as surrogates and gamete donors, and works to ensure that LGBTQ+ parents and their children are fully recognized and respected as families under the law regardless of genetic connection or marital status.

Nesta is admitted to practice law in New York State and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Languages Spoken: Spanish (Intermediate)