Ana Tristan is the daughter of Mexican immigrants. She grew up in Mt. Prospect, attended Prospect High School and then attended Harper Community College.  She transferred to the University of Illinois at Chicago and attained a Bachelors Degree in Political Science. She graduated from Chicago Kent College of Law IIT in 1993.

 

Ana began her legal career as a community advocate at the Chicago Legal Clinic in South Chicago representing community groups before the Illinois Pollution Control Board regarding environmental matters. She then opened her own general practice law office in Joliet and then South Chicago Heights. She currently has her office in Beecher and represents her clients in Cook, Will and Kankakee counties.

 

      · 1990 University of Illinois at Chicago, Bachelor of Science

      · 1993 Chicago Kent College of Law IIT, Juris Doctor

 

      · Illinois State Bar Association

      · South Suburban Bar Association

      · Professional Womens' Network

      · Southland Hispanic Leadership Council

      · Kankakee County Hispanic Partnership