Aminah Elster

Aminah Elster is a Black feminist, prison abolitionist, legal/policy advocate, and researcher with years of experience leading policy advocacy work around criminal justice and driving participatory action research initiatives. Aminah is the cofounder and executive director of Unapologetically HERS (Healing Experiences through Research Solutions) and a coorganizer with the California Coalition for Women Prisoners and Survived & Punished. Aminah is committed to centering incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women of color in research and advocacy. She holds a bachelor’s degree in legal studies from the University of California, Berkeley, and is the coauthor of “Criminal Record Stigma in the College-Educated Labor Market.”