Meet the 2018
Celebrating Women’s Stories Honorees
Representative Gail Chasey
State Representative Gail Chasey is serving her 11th term in the New
Mexico House of Representatives. Representative Chasey is Chair of the
House Judiciary Committee and co-chairs the Courts, Corrections & Justice
Interim Committee. In addition to the 2009 repeal of the death penalty,
Representative Chasey has successfully sponsored legislation to eliminate
filing fees for victims of domestic violence, end discrimination based on
sexual orientation or gender identity, and expand community corrections.
Gail Chasey works as a sole practitioner, focusing primarily as a court-
appointed attorney in abuse and neglect cases.
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Professor David Stout
David Stout serves as a lecturer at the University of New Mexico School of
Law. Professor Stout returned to the law school following 28 years as a
trial lawyer representing individuals who had been physically or financially
injured by the negligence or wrongful conduct of others. He has chaired
numerous Supreme Court committees. He is currently the Chair of the
Code of Professional Conduct Committee and is the Co-Chair of the New
Mexico State Bar Lawyer's Assistance Committee, a group that seeks to
help lawyers struggling with addiction, depression and other conditions that
interferes with their professional and personal lives.
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Dr. Corrine Sanchez
Dr. Corrine Sanchez Tewah Towah from San Ildefonso Pueblo is Executive
Director of Tewa Women United. She helped develop the cultural and
linguistic-based model used to respond and intervene in sexual violence
when it occurred in Indian County to help with healing children, youth and
adult survivors of domestic violence. Dr. Sanchez is a Forensic Interview
with over 14 year experience. Dr. Sanchez has worked to help end sexual
violence for over 20 years and helped refine Tewa Women United’s
awareness and healing intervention known as “Trauma Rocks”. Dr.
Sanchez is dedicated to family and community healing, youth development,
and ending violence against women, girls and Mother Earth.
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