Ajeya Woods is an associate attorney at Garcia Hernández Sawhney, LLP, where she advises and represents school districts and other public agencies in education, labor and employment, and litigation matters. She draws on her experience as an educator, policy advocate, and attorney representing children and young adults to bring a practical and well-rounded perspective to her work with public education clients.
 
Before joining GHS, Ajeya represented children and young adults in California’s dependency system, most recently as a staff attorney with the Children’s Law Center of California. She began her career as a Teach For America corps member teaching seventh-grade English in Dallas, Texas, and later served as a policy fellow in former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf’s administration, where she worked with education leaders on efforts to expand internet access for students.
 
Ajeya earned her J.D. from Pepperdine University School of Law and Straus Institute of Dispute Resolution, 2022, where she was selected as a Bergstrom Child Welfare Law Fellow during her 3L year. She earned her B.A. in Public Relations from the University of Oregon and was admitted to the State Bar of California in 2022.