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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

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

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