OUR TEAM
Amagda Pérez, Esq. | Executive Director
Mark Schacht │Deputy Director, Legislative Director
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Quetzali Arroyo-Pérez│ Project Assistant, Citizenship + Immigration Project
Brian Augusta, Esq.│Director, Rural Housing Project, Legislative Advocate,
Jeannie A. Barrett│Senior Attorney, Rural Housing Project
Vanessa Campos│Administrative Assistant, Citizenship + Immigration Project
Socorro Cazares | Program Coordinator, Sustainable Rural Communities Project
Martha Chavez, Esq. | Program Assistant/DOJ Accredited Representative
Masireh Darboe | Project Assistant, CWOP (COVID-19 Workplace Outreach Project)
Angel De La O | DNAF Project Coordinator, Citizenship + Immigration Project
Bianca Dueñas, Esq.│Director, San Joaquin Immigrant Empowerment Project
Aaron Esparza | Housing Legal Fellow, Labor + Civil Rights Unit
Carolina Estrada | Litigation Assistant, Labor + Civil Rights Unit
Katie Fleming, Esq.│Director, Removal Defense Project
Sandra Garcia | Program Supervisor, DOJ Accredited Representative
Rosemary Gomez, Esq.│Immigrant Justice Corps Fellow, Removal Defense Project
Nilsen Gomez-Tabal │FUEL Program Coordinator
Griselda González│FUEL Paralegal, Full DOJ Accredited Representative
Daniel Gutierrez│Staff Accountant
Cecilia Guevara Zamora, Esq.│Staff Attorney, Labor + Civil Rights Unit
Claudia Guzman Bogusz│Administration Specialist
Anne Katten│Director, Pesticide + Worker Safety Project, Legislative Advocate
Ezra Kautz, Esq.│Staff Attorney, Labor + Civil Rights Unit
Chelsea Lalancette, Esq.│Staff Attorney, Labor + Civil Rights Unit
Yolanda Magaña | Administrative Assistant, Removal Defense Project
Erasmo Jair Martinez | Community Outreach Advocate, Labor + Civil Rights Unit
Jessica Martinez, Esq.│Staff Attorney, Citizenship + Immigration Project
Verónica Meléndez, Esq.│Director, Labor + Civil Rights Unit
Juanita P. Ontiveros│Director of Community Advocacy, Special Projects + Human Resources,
Partial DOJ Accredited Representative
Monica Ortega | Legal Fellow, Citizenship + Immigration Project
Noe Paramo│Director, Sustainable Rural Communities Project, Legislative Advocate, Partial DOJ Accredited Representative
Joana Peraza Lizarraga, Esq.│Berkeley Law Foundation Fellow, Staff Attorney, Citizenship + Immigration Project
Sergio D. Pérez│Full DOJ Accredited Representative, Citizenship + Immigration Project
Eduardo Ramirez-Castro│Associate Director, Sustainable Rural Communities Project, Full DOJ Accredited Representative
Joey Ramirez│Community Outreach Advocate, Labor + Civil Rights Unit
Clarisa Reyes-Becerra, Esq. | Director, Immigrant Health Equity Project
Cynthia Rice, Esq.│Litigation Coordinator
Alfredo Rivas Gomez│FUEL Program Coordinator
Mayra Rosales | Administrative Assistant, Citizenship + Immigration Project
Rebekah Sophia│Development Associate
Josth Stenner-Lara | Policy + Program Coordinator, Sustainable Rural Communities Project
Marcus Tang, Esq.│Director, Citizenship + Immigration Project
Javier Tirado│Full DOJ Accredited Representative
Armando Valdez│Community Outreach Advocate, Sustainable Rural Communities Project
Nicole Zanardi, Esq.│Staff Attorney, Removal Defense Project