Ms. Abundis has investigated mortgage lending institutions, mortgage brokers, for-profit schools, unauthorized immigration services providers or “notarios”, car dealerships, and auto financing companies, for violations of the state’s consumer protection laws. Prior to joining the Illinois Attorney General’s Office, Ms. Abundis was an Equal Justice Works Fellow at the Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing, where she created the source of income project and represented tenants and fair housing organizations who were victims of housing discrimination, as well as tenants facing eviction. Ms. Abundis graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a B.A. in Political Science and earned her J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.