Law School: Boston College Law School

Undergraduate School: Swarthmore College

Fellowship: Executive Office of Health and Human Services.

Bridget Silveira is a dual JD/MSW student at Boston College Law School and School of Social Work. While working toward her undergraduate degree in psychology and political science at Swarthmore College, Silveira availed herself of an opportunity to explore the European carceral system while studying at Trinity College Dublin. She then later shared a classroom with incarcerated individuals at a Pennsylvania state prison through the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program. This led to her working as a mental health case manager in Washington, D.C., following graduation, where she became more convinced there is room for improvement at both the policy and direct service levels for individuals with severe mental health and substance use disorders. She frequently saw these issues compound in a legal system where the voices of marginalized communities are often muted. Silveira aimed to attack this firsthand when she interned last year in the Public Defender Division of the Committee for Public Counsel Services, where she helped articulate complex mitigation reports for clients to aid in their sentencing proceedings. As a 2025 Rappaport Fellow, Silveira will intern at the Executive Office of Health and Human Services.