Carmen E Wargel, LMSW, is the Deputy Director of Systemic Advocacy at Lakeshore Legal Aid where she leads interdisciplinary legal services to bridge the justice gap in our civil legal system. Carmen is a social change strategist, systems thinker, and interdisciplinarian at heart. She constantly makes connections between people, ideas, and strategies to increase social justice for us all. In her previous position, she spent seventeen years improving community responses to survivors of domestic violence, sexual violence, and human trafficking. Throughout her career, she focuses on collaboration and impactful change. She a University of Michigan School of Social Work Lecturer, where she also earned her MSW in 2004, and serves on the Justice for All Commission of the Michigan Supreme Court as well as on a workgroup for the Michigan Judicial Council.