Andrea Hsu

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51 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Aug 2026 last heard 3 Aug

Andrea Hsu’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Tens of millions of adults in the U.S. matched

have some kind of criminal record. matched

These are felonies, misdemeanors, and in some cases, arrests without a conviction. matched

The kind of histories that scare employers away. matched

Virginia Mireles knew she looked terrible on paper. matched

Mireles grew up in poverty, started using heroin at 14. matched

For two decades, she cycled in and out of the Arizona prison system. matched

She says while you're behind bars, you think a lot about how you're going to change. matched

But then you get out. matched

It's a problem that Noella Sudbury is obsessed with solving. matched

Years ago, as a public defender in Utah, Sudbury saw a justice system unresponsive to the root causes of people's problems. matched

Over and over, she saw people who had served their time struggle to find their way. matched

Later, she took a job with Salt Lake County to try to bring change. matched

Employers needed workers. matched

The county wanted to help people get jobs, but their records stood in the way, most commonly drug charges and retail theft. matched

Now, most states allow for some criminal records, like misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies, to be sealed or expunged after a period of time. matched

Some states have passed clean slate laws to make this automatic for low-level crimes and non-convictions. matched

Those efforts are driven by research showing people are less likely to commit new crimes if they have steady housing and jobs. matched

Sudbury got a sense for how desperately people want those things when she began holding expungement clinics in Utah in 2018. matched

Many told her they wanted to work in health care because in the throes of their addiction, somebody had saved their life. matched

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