Carolyn Ross is a lifelong Maryland resident, and a graduate of the University of Maryland. She attended Vermont Law School with an interest in pursuing environmental and land use law, however, also spent time working in the school’s legal clinic where she enjoyed the client contact and opportunity to help people with their problems. She later went on to work on policy issues associated with child welfare and the Courts and to represent Juveniles in delinquency matters and Criminal defendants in Baltimore County, Md.