Ananda Balroop, Esq.

Ananda Balroop serves as the Pro Bono Manager at Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida, where she oversees the development of pro bono initiatives to expand access to justice for underserved members of the community. Ananda began her legal journey at Florida Atlantic University where she graduated cum laude with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and honors in the major. She continued her education at Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad College of Law, where she graduated with a Juris Doctor Degree. Ananda discovered her passion for family law while participating as a Certified Legal Intern in the Children and Families Law Clinic at Nova’s Shepard Broad College of Law.

Ananda focused on children and families who needed legal support, and began her time with Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida in the Family Law and Victims of Crime Unit. She worked closely with pro se litigants at the Family Court Self Advocacy Program, assisting hundreds of self-represented litigants with completing family law forms and providing them with information and resources about the legal process. She worked with the RISE (Rights In Systems Enforced) Program as well, working with program attorneys to assert and enforce victims’ rights in criminal cases against their abusers.

At the height of the pandemic, Ananda was sworn into the Florida Bar. Ananda continued her work with the Family Law & Victims of Crime Unit providing trauma-informed, holistic legal services. She represented survivors of intimate partner violence in legal proceedings to obtain Injunctions for Protection, Dissolutions of Marriage, and for their Paternity cases. Ananda is a member of the Broward Victim’s Rights Coalition and serves as the Vice President of the Broward Domestic Violence Council. In 2024, she received the Broward Domestic Violence Council Award for Victim Advocate Professional of the year.

Now, as Pro Bono Manager, Ananda is spearheading Coast to Coast Legal Aid’s Pro Bono Reimagined initiative. She collaborates with private attorneys, community partners, law schools, law students, and volunteers to deliver high quality legal services to those in need. Ananda is responsible for piloting, promoting, preserving, and creating opportunities to advance Coast to Coast Legal Aid’s mission to provide equal access to justice to underserved communities through quality and innovative free civil legal aid.