Rose oversees our statewide legal program, which focuses on bringing about systemic change through litigation, administrative advocacy and other legal strategies. Our legal docket regularly includes a range of impactful civil rights cases, featuring everything from police practices to LGBTQ+ rights.
Rose has been a strong advocate for workers’ rights and safety both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. She also regularly serves as a Spanish-speaking spokesperson for both the ACLU of Nebraska and the ACLU’s national office.
Rose’s work through policy, advocacy, and litigation has shaped Nebraska’s laws and helped protect Nebraskans’ rights.
Her research and policy advocacy on racial bias in police traffic stops helped pave the way for a 2020 law requiring Nebraska law enforcement officers to participate in annual anti-bias training. Her research on school police programs in Nebraska public schools helped defeat a bill that would have opened the door for increased use of physical restraint against students and pass critical safeguards for students’ rights and parents’ or guardians’ rights. Under her leadership and in coalition with partners, our legal team secured a victory in the landmark Nebraska Supreme Court case which ordered election officials to let Nebraskans with past felony convictions vote.
The legal team’s current litigation docket includes cases on Voting Rights, Indigenous Justice, Students Rights, police accountability, LGBTQ+, First and Fourth Amendment rights.
Rose graduated from Creighton University and earned her law degree from St. Louis University School of Law. Prior to joining the ACLU, Rose practiced immigration and family law with Justice For Our Neighbors-Nebraska, now known as the Center for Immigrant and Refugee Advancement (CIRA).
