The daughter of a civil rights activist and sister of a human rights and prisoner defense lawyer, Susan Mills has been steeped in social change since childhood. She studied theories of racism and sexism in college, became a lesbian feminist and worked for sanctuary for Central American refugees, finally returning to school to get a law degree and concentrate in immigration law.

As a Spanish-speaking immigration attorney for twenty years, Mills prepared asylum cases for thousands of immigrants from Central America, with a focus on unaccompanied minors. Some of her family members journeyed from the war-torn countryside of El Salvador to the U.S. She now lives with her woman partner, dividing her time between the green mountains of Vermont and the wonderfully diverse city of Providence.