Rosa Jaffe-Geffner

Rosa Jaffe-Geffner (she/her/mx.) is a zealous advocate with individuals and systems in the city she was born and raised in. She is also a trauma-informed trainer and a non-profit management professional. Her work holds a human rights and anti-racist focus.  

Rosa has advocated in Family Court, Criminal Court, and Housing Court. Rosa started her work as a social worker in public defender offices at the Legal Aid Society’s Juvenile Rights Practice, working on child welfare and juvenile justice cases. She then transitioned into the role of Director of Social Work at Urban Justice Center’s Mental Health Project, where she oversaw their social services and community education courses. Currently, Rosa holds the position of Bronx Defenders’ first Civil Action Practice Director of Social Work. In this role she conducts program development, provides training, supervision, direct service, and contributed to policy work.

Today, she provides annual trainings on trauma-informed interviewing with NYU Law School and CUNY. Rosa received her M.S. in Social Work at Columbia University and her B.A. in Sociology at SUNY Purchase College.