Eliana Green Esq., a native of the west side of Chicago, is a sociologist and movement lawyer. 

As The Hood Incubator's former Director of Community Engagement, Eliana provided legal tools and strategies to support our affiliates in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, and Oakland. She supported their work to create policy platforms that ensure that communities impacted by mass incarceration and the drug war directly benefit from cannabis legalization in the form of expungements, complete relief from the collateral consequences of a criminal record, and community reinvestment of cannabis tax dollars and private sector funds.