Kelly Albinak Kribs is a Co-Director for the Young Center’s Technical Assistance Program. Kelly first joined the Young Center in 2016 and most recently served as the Managing Attorney of the Child Advocate Program team in the Chicago office. In her work with the Child Advocate Program, Kelly drew upon principles of child welfare, international, and immigration law in order to evaluate and execute best interests advocacy on behalf of unaccompanied and separated immigrant children on matters of their care, custody, reunification, safe repatriation, and legal relief. She has collaborated closely with social worker colleagues to help develop an interdisciplinary approach to assessing best interests as well as best practices for child-centered, developmentally appropriate, and trauma-informed engagement with immigrant children. Prior to joining the Young Center, she worked in private practice and clerked for a federal district court judge. She received her law degree from the University of Chicago Law School and her undergraduate degree in communications from Northwestern University. Prior to attending law school, Kelly worked at a research center on Latin American issues and taught English in Nicaragua. She began serving as a volunteer child advocate with the Young Center in 2008.