Tehra Coles is a litigation supervisor at the Center for Family Representation (CFR). For the past 9 years she has represented respondents in Article 10, 8, and 6 cases as well as termination of parental rights proceedings and violation hearings. She currently supervises CFR's government affairs and policy work. In that role she routinely works with colleagues from across the state to improve the family court system by testifying at the state and local level and interacting with elected officials to support needed legislative change. Earlier in her career she worked at the Albany County Public Defender's Office as an assistant public defender and the New York State Defenders Association. She graduated from Hollins University in 2004 and with a Bachelor’s degree in Political and 2005 with a Master’s degree in Social Science and from Albany Law School in 2009.