Christa Gannon

Christa M. Gannon
Alma materUniversity of California, Santa Barbara (B.S., honors); Northwestern University School of Law (J.D., transferred); Stanford Law School (J.D., 1997)
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Christa M. Gannon is an American nonprofit executive and juvenile-justice advocate best known for founding Fresh Lifelines for Youth (FLY), a California organisation that combines legal education, mentorship and policy reform to reduce youth incarceration. A former basketball player at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a graduate of Stanford Law School, Gannon has drawn on athletic discipline and legal training in more than two decades of community activism.