Candis Scippio
HR Manager
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Candis is the Human Resources Generalist on Legal Aid's People & Culture team. She joined Legal Aid in January 2018 as Administrative Assistant and was later promoted to Operations Manager. In January 2023, Candis took on the role of HR Generalist and now oversees Legal Aid's employee life cycle, including recruiting, onboarding, retention, and offboarding. She also manages our intern program and workplace mentoring program.
Prior to joining Legal Aid, Candis spent eight years in the DC Public Schools (DCPS) system, where she was a teaching assistant for pre-K, kindergarten and early learning special education. In addition to her 20+ year commitment to service, Candis was drawn to Legal Aid because of her own lived experience with some of the issues that we help applicants and clients with every day. She brings understanding, compassion, and care to our staff and the people that we serve.
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