Maria Ortiz Pineda is a Women’s Law & Public Policy Fellow at the National Partnership for Women & Families, where she supports the Economic Justice team in advancing policies that promote workplace equity and protect the rights of women and families.
She earned her J.D. from American University Washington College of Law in 2025, where she was a Public Interest/Public Service Scholar. During law school, Maria worked as a Peggy Browning Fellow with the Communications Workers of America and represented clients in gender marker and name change cases and civil protection order proceedings in D.C. Superior Court as a student attorney in the Elliott S. Milstein Civil Advocacy Clinic. She also gained litigation experience at a civil rights law firm and served as a Peggy Browning Fellow at a union-side law firm, focusing on labor law issues.
Outside of work, Maria enjoys going to Orangetheory, reading, and spending time with her husband and her fur baby, Rio. She is committed to advancing equity and workers’ rights both professionally and personally.
