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OUR TEAM

Amagda Pérez, Esq. | Executive Director

Mark Schacht │Deputy Director, Legislative Director

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Quetzali Arroyo-Pérez│ Project Assistant, Citizenship and Immigrant Integration Project 

Jessie Boas, Esq. |  Immigration Attorney, Citizenship and Immigrant Integration Project 

Brian Augusta, Esq.│Director, Rural Housing Project, Policy Advocate

Mariana Ayala | Administrative Assistant, Citizenship and Immigrant Integration Project 

Alexa Bandala | Communications Associate

Vanessa Campos│Administrative Assistant, Citizenship and Immigrant Integration Project 

Martha Chavez | Program Assistant/DOJ Accredited Representative

Masireh Darboe | Program Coordinator, Sustainable Rural Communities Project

Ulysses Del Valle-Perez | Project Assistant, Administration

Carolina Estrada | Litigation Assistant, Labor + Civil Rights Unit

Ana Gallegos | Administrative Assistant, Sustainable Rural Communities Project

Monica Garcia Ortega | Community Outreach Advocate, Sustainable Rural Communities Project

Daniel Gutierrez│Staff Accountant

Cecilia Guevara Langberg, Esq.│Staff Attorney, Labor + Civil Rights Unit

Claudia Guzman Bogusz│Administration Specialist

Anne Katten│Director, Pesticide + Work Health + Safety Project, Policy Advocate

Verónica Meléndez, Esq.│Director, Labor + Civil Rights Unit

Juanita P. Ontiveros│Director of Community Advocacy, Special Projects + Human Resources,

Partial DOJ Accredited Representative

Noé Páramo│Director, Sustainable Rural Communities Project, Policy Advocate, Partial DOJ Accredited Representative

Kari Peterson | Staff Attorney, Citizenship and Immigrant Integration Project 

Sergio D. Pérez│Full DOJ Accredited Representative, Citizenship and Immigrant Integration Project 

Joey Ramirez│Community Outreach Advocate

Dafnet Rodriguez Community Outreach Advocate, Sustainable Rural Communities Project

Rebekah Sophia│Development Associate

Josth Stenner-Lara | Policy + Program Coordinator, Sustainable Rural Communities Project

Javier Tirado│Full DOJ Accredited Representative

Armando Valdez│Community Outreach Advocate, Sustainable Rural Communities Project

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