Payton Aldridge

Payton Aldridge

Disability Rights Maryland

Panelist, Empowering Futures: A Framework for Positive Youth Justice Strategy

Payton Aldridge is an attorney on the Education and Children's Mental Health Team at Disability Rights Maryland (DRM). She focuses on children's mental health, special education, and school discipline matters. She is passionate about advocating for youth to receive community-based behavioral health supports that will allow them to thrive.

Payton Aldridge graduated from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 2020. Prior to her work with DRM, she was a staff attorney at Maryland Legal Aid.