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Teresita Chavez Pedrosa, Esq. – Hialeah, FL

 

Teresita Chavez Pedrosa is a partner at Diaz Briscoe Medina. Ms. Chavez Pedrosa is a seasoned litigator who has worked on behalf of leading tobacco manufacturers in product liability cases, she has represented major pharmaceutical companies in litigation regarding the alleged side effects of medications and has advocated for oil companies in numerous tort cases. Ms. Chavez Pedrosa has also represented clients in passenger and Jones Act maritime claims as well as insurers’ interests in property damage claims. Ms. Chavez Pedrosa has also served as an adjunct professor at Florida International University’s School of Law, where she taught the law school’s most-advanced legal research and writing course.

Ms. Chavez Pedrosa has represented foster children, abused or neglected by their parents, in dependency and federal courts. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Florida’s Children First. Moreover, Ms. Chavez Pedrosa is highly active in the Hispanic National Bar Association (“HNBA”) where she currently serves as National Vice President of Membership and on the Board of Governors. She is the immediate past-president of the HNBA Florida Region.

Ms. Chavez Pedrosa graduated Cum Laude from Tulane University Law School in 1997. In 1994, she graduated with honors and a Bachelor of Science in Communications from the University of Miami, Florida, where she studied journalism.

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Alexia Nechayev

FYS Events & Meeting Chair
(Palm Beach/Miami)

Alexia Nechayev, from Miami, Florida, is a dedicated advocate for youth with lived experience in foster care and with homelessness. After being placed in foster care as a teenager, Alexia experienced firsthand the stigma surrounding the system, as well as the challenges of navigating a system that didn’t provide support for her to advocate for herself. This experience motivated her to create change, ensuring that other youth in care have the tools and resources she lacked.

She graduated with a B.A. in Psychology from Florida International University, and upon graduation worked as a Hope Navigator with the Department of Children and Families which allowed her to assist clients through individualized care plans, further deepening her commitment to improving the lives of marginalized youth. Alexia is now applying to law schools with the goal of advancing her advocacy work through a legal career. As the Events and Meetings Chair for Florida Youth SHINE (FYS), she creates opportunities for foster and homeless youth to collaborate and push for meaningful change. She is also an active member of the Policy and Initiative Team for Florida Youth SHINE, where she helps create and shape policies that directly impact youth in foster care. One of her proudest accomplishments is helping to develop the Foster Care Bill of Rights, a law that she feels would have made a difference during her own time in care.

In addition to her work with FYS, Alexia serves on the Board of Directors for the parent organization of FYS, Florida’s Children First. In this role, she contributes to strategic decision-making while advocating for the rights and welfare of children statewide.

Every year, she travels to the state capitol to advocate for bills she and her peers have helped shape, including key pieces of legislation that benefit foster and homeless youth. However her advocacy extends beyond her state, as she represents Florida Youth SHINE at national conferences such as the National Leaders 4 Change Conference.

Through her internship with the National Foster Youth Institute, Alexia continues to refine her advocacy skills, preparing for a future where she can contribute meaningfully to both policymaking and the legal system. Guided by the belief that “the blue sky is always there,” she remains committed to ensuring that every youth in foster care has the power and support to advocate for themselves.

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