Denali Wilson started at the ACLU-NM as a Soros Justice Advocacy and Kellogg Fellow working to end life without parole as a sentencing option for children in New Mexico. She works to end excessive and extreme punishment and to expand meaningful opportunities for parole from prison.
Denali was born and raised in New Mexico and graduated from University of New Mexico School of Law in 2020. She is a certified mitigation specialist and is the regional legal observer coordinator for the New Mexico National Lawyers Guild.