She was born and raised in Queens and received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. Throughout law school, Mackenzie advocated for the rights of non-citizens, interning at the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project, Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition, and National Immigration Law Center. She also represented asylum seekers with Georgetown Law’s Center for Applied Legal Studies. As a native New Yorker, Mackenzie is proud to be serving New York’s underrepresented communities.