Andreina Kniss joined Public Advocates in 2023 as the Project Manager of the Alliance for Housing Justice. Before joining Public Advocates, Andreina directed the Los Angeles Homeless Youth Count, a yearly county-wide census of unhoused children and youth in Los Angeles. Prior to launching her career in project management, Andreina developed significant experience protecting tenants as a paralegal specializing in eviction defense at the Legal Aid Society of San Mateo County and through fair housing litigation at the Housing Rights Center of Southern California. Watching the effects of eviction and homelessness on the poor and marginalized encouraged her to seek out other ways of building community and support for those in need. This pushed Andreina to become an organizer with various mutual aid groups focusing on direct outreach and advocacy with unhoused communities. She continues to passionately advocate for the universal right to housing. She is based out of the Los Angeles area.