Desiree Masson joined Dade Legal Aid in 2012, upon graduation from the University of Miami School of Law, as an attorney in the Guardianship Department representing older Foster Youth aging out of the system. She then became an Attorney ad Litem in Dade Legal Aid’s Child Advocacy Project, providing express wishes representation to children in the dependency system. In 2015, she joined the Florida Guardian ad Litem Office, where she rose to Managing Attorney, handling a large case load and supervising multiple attorneys in the 11th Judicial GAL Office. In 2025, she returned to Dade Legal Aid’s Child Advocacy Project where she serves in the roles of both a Guardian ad Litem in contested Family, Domestic Violence, and other cases, and also as the Child Advocacy Project Attorney, coordinating pro bono cases, trainings, and mentoring pro bono attorneys handling dependency cases through Put Something Back’s Children’s Legal Collaborative, a partnership with the 11th Judicial GAL Office.
During Law School, Desiree interned at the Children and Youth Law Clinic, Children’s Legal Services, and for the 11th Judicial Circuit. She graduated from Florida State University in 2007 with a degree in psychology and from the University of Miami School of Law in 2012. She has been a member of the Florida Bar and Miami Dade Bar since 2012.