Cecilia "Cessie" Alfonso, LCSW, ACSW, CSW

Cecilia "Cessie" Alfonso is a nationally recognized expert in forensic social work, domestic violence, and organizational development in the area of cultural competence and valuing diversity. She is the founder and president of Alfonso Consultants, Inc. which for the past 20 years has provided social work and psychosocial assessments to the clients of civil and criminal attorneys throughout the United States, and internationally. As a mitigation specialist, she and her associates have conducted over 700 mitigation investigations since she began providing services. She is an activist who marched against the Vietnam War, for civil rights, women, lesbian, and gay rights. Currently, she is a board member of Citizen Action of New York.

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Cessie Alfonso Donates Mitigation Papers to Harvard University

At the request of Harvard University, Cessie Alfonso recently gifted her papers on capital mitigation to the Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America. Cessie’s papers will allow researchers to examine my contribution to the abolition of the death penalty in New Jersey and other states and the establishment of the mitigation specialist as a profession.

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