Virginia Knowlton Marcus is the Director of Legal Advocacy at Disability Rights California, where she previously served as the Director of Public Policy. Prior to her recent return to California, Ms. Knowlton Marcus was the Executive Director of Disability Rights Maryland. These two nonprofit legal advocacy organizations are mandated to advance the civil rights of people with all types of disabilities, of all ages, throughout their respective states. Ms. Knowlton Marcus has been advocating for people with disabilities on a broad array of issues at state, federal and international levels for nearly 25 years. She is the former Executive Director of the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation in Washington, DC where she worked on disability related federal policy, grant making, and international development projects. Her experience also includes a California Assembly Fellowship. Ms. Knowlton Marcus earned both her J.D. and B.A. in International Relations at the University of California, Davis. She has invisible disabilities and is an RYT-200 yoga instructor who taught popular yoga classes in Baltimore. She is seeking new ways to combine her passion for disability rights and love for yoga in California.