Immigrant Justice Corps

Meet the Fellows

Selected for their skills and proven commitment to immigrant rights, IJC’s Justice Fellows and Community Fellows are extending access to justice at 42 host organizations in 11 states.

2022 Justice Fellows

Olivia Abrecht
National Immigrant Justice Center
New York University School of Law
Mana Aliabadi
Nationalities Service Center
Temple University Beasley School of Law
Jaime Balbuena Hernandez
Volunteers of Legal Service
New York Law School
David Blitzer
UNLV Immigration Clinic
New York University School of Law
Alexandra Castro
Al Otro Lado
Washington and Lee University School of Law
Lorena Castillo
CARECEN
University of California, Davis School of Law
Grace Day
The Door
Washington University in St. Louis
Claudia Flores-Montesinos
ABA – South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project (ProBAR)
University at Buffalo School of Law
Brandon Galli-Graves
RAICES
BYU J. Reuben Clark Law School
Tosca Giustini
African Communities Together
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Pamela Guerrero
Advocates for Human Rights – Minnesota
Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
Sadaf Hasan
Brooklyn Defender Services
City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law
Philip Issa
Legal Aid Service of Broward County
Stanford Law School
Fatima Khan
ISLA: Immigration Services and Legal Advocacy
George Washington University Law School
Lisa Ledvora
Safe Horizon
Georgetown University Law Center
Joseph F. Lin
Catholic Charities Community Services
Rutgers Law School
Camelia Metwally
Nationalities Service Center
University of Michigan Law School
Julia Miller
CARECEN
New York Law School
Abigael Monahan Negron
Center for Safety and Change
Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
Austin Nielsen-Reagan
Al Otro Lado
Harvard Law School
Andréa Nunes
Lutheran Social Services
University of Connecticut School of Law
Andrew Patterson
National Immigrant Justice Center
Harvard Law School
Daniela Pena
New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG)
City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law
Claudia Pepe
Safe Passage Project
Northeastern University School of Law
Stephanie Powers
ImmDef
Harvard Law School
Vanessa Reyes
CAIR Coalition
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Diana Rosen
UnLocal
New York University School of Law
Andrea Sacasa
CARECEN
Hofstra – Maurice A. Deane School of Law
Jonathan Vallecilla
ABA – South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project (ProBAR)
Roger Williams University School of Law
Laura Vivaldo Cholula
Advocates for Human Rights – Minnesota
Northern Illinois University College of Law

2021 Community Fellows

Marian Anaya Castillo
Part of the Solution (POTS)
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Martina Carrillo
New York Public Library
Lehman College
Jose-Romarah Chery
Brooklyn Public Library
SUNY Buffalo
Assata Davis
UnLocal
Rutgers University
Jennalei Louie
Chinese-American Planning Council
Stanford University

2021 Justice Fellows

Jennifer Acevedo
Brooklyn Defender Services
City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law
Mario Alvarez
Florence Immigrant Rights Project
New York University School of Law
Andrea Barrientos
Make the Road New York
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Edwin Casa Prieto
Lutheran Social Services
Rutgers Law School
Sadie Casamenti
New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG)
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Liora Cohen-Fraade
RAICES
City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law
Gabriela Cruz
Tulane Immigrants’ Rights Law Clinic
Tulane University School of Law
Cristal Enriquez
Safe Passage Project
City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law
Ghada Ghannam
Catholic Migration Services
University of Texas School of Law
Brenda Gonzalez Rueda
Brooklyn Defender Services
Columbia Law School
Jessica Gutierrez
ISLA: Immigration Services and Legal Advocacy
Lewis and Clark University School of Law
Emily Hauck
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid
University of Minnesota School of Law
Karla Hernandez
Neighborhood Defender Services
City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law
Lauren Hughes
Building One Community
Duke Law School
Paola Idrovo
Building One Community
Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
Pablo Jiménez
CARECEN
Albany Law School
Leslie Joya
UNLV Immigration Clinic
UCLA School of Law
Sofia Lopez Franco
Bronx Defenders
New York University School of Law
Miy Mahran
The Door
Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
Mauricio Murga Rios
Catholic Charities of Central Florida
University of Nebraska School of Law
Olivia Page-Pollard
Safe Horizon
City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law
Teresa Reyes Flores
ISLA: Immigration Services and Legal Advocacy
Texas A&M University School of Law
Vanessa Rivas-Bernardy
RAICES
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Cory Jane Rodas
International Rescue Committee Phoenix
James E. Roger College of Law at the University of Arizona
Jessica Rouf
Catholic Charities Community Services
New York Law School
Caya Simonsen
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid
Harvard Law School
Kayla Walker
RAICES
Boston University School of Law

2020 Community Fellows

Alyiah Al-Bonijim
Arab American Association of New York
University of Michigan
Matilde Arellano
Project Hospitality
University of California, Davis
Susan Lucas Baca
CAIR Coalition
University of California, Berkeley
Carla Mendoza
CAIR Coalition
Columbia University
Lorena Ortega Guerrero
CAIR Coalition
Yale University
René J. Valenzuela
Queens Public Library
Pomona College
Steven Vivas
CARECEN
John Jay College of Criminal Justice

2020 Justice Fellows

Grace Benton
CAIR Coalition
Georgetown University Law Center
Michelle Gonzalez
Safe Horizon
University of St. Thomas School of Law
William Granados
New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG)
Brooklyn Law School
Jon Greenspan
Brooklyn Defender Services
New York University School of Law
Daily Guerrero
Bronx Defenders
Columbia Law School
Liz Hannah
Catholic Legal Services – Miami
Stanford Law School
Emily Johanson
CAIR Coalition
University of California, Irvine School of Law
Jacob Lichtenbaum
CAIR Coalition
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Joanna Lopez
Central American Legal Assistance
City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law
Allison Mandeville
Arab American Association of New York, Bronx Defenders, CARECEN
New York University School of Law, Yale University
Casey Mangan
Innovation Law Lab – El Paso
USC Gould School of Law
Thera McAvoy
Innovation Law Lab – El Paso
Northeastern University School of Law
Alex McGriff
Prisoners’ Legal Services
Harvard Law School
Jessica Olive
UnLocal
Brooklyn Law School
Mariel Perez-Santiago
RAICES
Stanford Law School
Gissell Rodriguez
Center for Immigrant Representation
Western New England University School of Law
Joanna Rothchild
Brooklyn Defender Services
New York University School of Law
Andres Santamaria Cortes
CARECEN
Boston College Law School
Lauren Schusterman
Make the Road New Jersey
University of Michigan Law School
Shelby Scibetta
Erie County Volunteer Lawyers Project
SUNY Buffalo Law School
Will Sheehan
Safe Passage Project
Roger Williams University School of Law
Chloe Sugino
CAIR Coalition
Boston University School of Law
Hannah Strauss
Catholic Charities Community Services
Georgetown University Law Center
Katherine Ventura Cruz
CAIR Coalition
American University Washington College of Law
Annabelle Veronica Gonzalez
Catholic Legal Services – Miami
Florida International University College of Law
Brandon Vesely
Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)
Northeastern University School of Law
Ellen Watlington
CAIR Coalition
Georgetown University Law Center

Third Year Fellows

Tamara Anaie
Center for Immigrant Representation
Rutgers Law School
Abu Bakr Toure
Lehman College
Brooklyn Public Library, Sauti Yetu
Lehman College
Jessie Boas
California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation
Fordham University School of Law
Eduardo Garcia Castañeda
Long Island Project (IJC)
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Rosemary Gomez
California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation
University of California, Hastings College of the Law
Sam Karnes
Arab American Association of New York
University of Texas at Austin
Maria Marroquin
UnLocal
City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law
Emma Morgenstern
Volunteers of Legal Service
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Audrey Mulholland
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid
American University
Jeffrey Vides Urrutia
Part of the Solution (POTS)
Columbia University
Patricia Wong
Chinese-American Planning Council
Williams College

Fourth Year Fellows

Nicole Alanko
Safe Horizon, William & Mary Law School’s Immigration Clinic
William & Mary Law School

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