Nora Benavidez is a civil and human rights attorney and a tireless believer in equal rights for all. She works at the intersection of law, tech, and democracy. She serves as Senior Counsel and Director, Digital Justice & Civil Rights at Free Press, where she leads the organization’s efforts to protect against digital threats to democracy and to push for media and platform accountability. She previously served as the director of PEN America’s U.S. Free Expression Programs, where she guided the organization’s national advocacy agenda on First Amendment and free expression issues, including press freedom and protest rights. Benavidez launched and led PEN America’s media literacy and disinformation defense program. She also led the organization's groundbreaking First Amendment lawsuit, PEN America v. Donald Trump, to hold the former president accountable for his retaliation against and censorship of journalists he disliked. She has authored policy reports on legislative attacks on fundamental rights. She previously worked in private practice and at the ACLU of Georgia, litigating significant cases representing victims of voting rights violations, unconstitutional police practices, First Amendment infringements and more.