Enelsa Díaz is a Managing Attorney at Greater Hartford Legal Aid (GHLA). She supervises GHLA’s Family Violence work, including the Restraining Order program for the Judicial District of Hartford, the Family Law unit, and the Immigration Law unit. She has been the co-chair of GHLA’s Anti-Discrimination Diversity Equity and Inclusion committee since 2016.

Enelsa is the Immediate Past President of the Connecticut Hispanic Bar Association and has served on the Executive Board for over four years. She is a member of the Lawyers Collaborative for Diversity where she serves as a mentor to law students of color. She served on the Board of the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence for six years and, in 2015, was honored as a First 100+ recipient for demonstrating leadership and commitment to ending domestic violence in Connecticut. She is frequently asked to speak and train attorneys and advocates concerning domestic violence throughout the state. She is also a longstanding member of the Family Law Section of the CT Bar Association and worked closely with Judicial in ensuring that low-income litigants and victims of domestic violence received access to justice under the new Pathways program.

Enelsa is a 1st generation Dominican-American and is fluent in Spanish. She is a graduate of The University of Hartford, summa cum laude, and of Western New England University School of Law where she was the Vice President of the Multicultural Law Students Association.