For Sara Cullinane, one of 50 new Equal Justice Works fellows across the country, waiting for the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act was a particularly nail-bitting experience.

In September, Cullinane will begin a fellowship with Make the Road New York, where she will help low-income immigrant New Yorkers navigate the new health care law. Noting that a ruling repealing the law would have made securing coverage for those families that much harder, she said she was “relieved” by the high court’s decision.