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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 + Immigration Project

Jessie Boas, Esq. |  Immigration Attorney, Citizenship + Immigration Project

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

Mariana Ayala | Administrative Assistant, Citizenship + Immigration Project 

Alexa Bandala | Communications Associate

Jeannie A. Barrett, Esq.│Senior Attorney, Rural Housing Project

Vanessa Campos│Administrative Assistant, Citizenship + Immigration Project

Socorro Cazares | Community Outreach Advocate, Sustainable Rural Communities Project

Martha Chavez | Program Assistant/DOJ Accredited Representative

Katie Chin | Summer Fellow, Labor + Civil Rights Unit

Kamalpreet Chohan, Esq. | Removal Defense Attorney + Attorney of the Day Legal Fellow, Removal Defense Project

Masireh Darboe | Program Coordinator, Sustainable Rural Communities Project

Angel De La O | DNAF Program Coordinator, Citizenship + Immigration Project

Bianca Dueñas, Esq.│Director, San Joaquin Immigrant Empowerment Project

Carolina Estrada | Litigation Assistant, Labor + Civil Rights Unit

Ana Gallegos | Administrative Assistant, Sustainable Rural Communities Project

Sandra Garcia | Program Supervisor, DOJ Accredited Representative

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

Jasleen Gill | Summer Fellow, Labor + Civil Rights Unit

Rosemary Gomez, Esq.│Staff Attorney, Removal Defense Project

Nilsen Gomez-Tabal│FUEL Program Coordinator, OLAP Accredited Representative

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

Ezra Kautz, Esq.│Staff Attorney, Labor + Civil Rights Unit

Erasmo Jair Martinez | Community Outreach Advocate, Labor + Civil Rights Unit

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

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

Claudia Rios Manzo│FUEL Program Coordinator

Alfredo Rivas Gomez│FUEL Program Coordinator, OLAP Accredited Representative

Dafnet Rodriguez Community Outreach Advocate, Sustainable Rural Communities Project

Mayra Rosales | Administrative Assistant, Citizenship + Immigration Project 

Tania Solorio | 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

Kenneth Villafana | IT Specialist

Stephanie Yim, Esq. | Staff Attorney, Labor + Civil Rights Unit

Nicole Zanardi, Esq.│Director, Removal Defense Project

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