Legal Cafe Director

Michaela Anang-Hadjicostandi, JD (she/they) aka Miqo is the newest member of the Sustainable Economies Law Center team as the Legal Cafes Director. Our cafes include the Resilient Communities Legal Cafe, our original walk-in advice clinic offered three times a month; the Resilient Movements Legal Cafe, bringing legal support to movement organizations doing frontline work; and the Artist Legal Cafe, serving artists and culture workers on copyright, contracts, fiscal sponsorship, and more.

Miqo is a Capricorn sun of Greek and Ghanaian descent, who grew up in West Texas. They earned their BA in Human Services and International Affairs at Northeastern University in Boston, a foundational setting for their love of poetry, their community-engaged work, and their liberatory longing. Miqo has served in positions in education, research, evaluation, legal work, union and community organizing and more, with a care-centered focus on accessibility, healing & transformative justice, and creativity. Miqo moved to California to pursue a combined geography graduate and law degree at UC Davis. Honored to now be an Oakland resident, you can find them seeking joy through karaoke, discourse, crafts, cake and the color purple.