Mar­lene Trest­man grew up in New Orleans as a fos­ter care client of the Home­’s suc­ces­sor, the Jew­ish Chil­dren’s Region­al Ser­vice. A lawyer and author of Fair Labor Lawyer: The Remark­able Life of New Deal Attor­ney and Supreme Court Advo­cate Bessie Mar­golin, Trest­man has cap­ti­vat­ed many audi­ences includ­ing at the Library of Con­gress, WWII Muse­um, book fes­ti­vals, his­tor­i­cal soci­eties, and synagogues.