Immigrant Justice Corps

Meet the Fellows

IJC’s current Justice Fellows and Community Fellows are our largest cohorts to date. Selected for their skills and proven commitment to immigrant rights, our 103 active Fellows are extending access to justice at 49 host organizations in 11 states.

2021 Justice Fellows

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

2020 Community Fellows

Yi Chen
Chinese-American Planning Council
Wellesley College
Carla Mendoza
CAIR Coalition
Columbia University
Moises Rodriguez Cruz
New York Public Library
University of Chicago
Matilde Arellano
Project Hospitality
University of California, Davis
Withney Barthelemy
Brooklyn Public Library
Wellesley College
René J. Valenzuela
Queens Public Library
Pomona College
Lorena Ortega Guerrero
CAIR Coalition
Yale University
Alyiah Al-Bonijim
Arab American Association of New York
University of Michigan
Susan Lucas Baca
CAIR Coalition
University of California, Berkeley
Steven Vivas
Long Island Project (IJC)
John Jay College of Criminal Justice

2020 Justice Fellows

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

Third Year Fellows

Jasmine Brito
Catholic Legal Services – Miami
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Nicole Alanko
Safe Horizon, William & Mary Law School’s Immigration Clinic
William & Mary Law School
Victor Cheng
Lutheran Social Services
City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law
Diana Chacon
New York Public Library, Project Hospitality
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Anjelica Mantikas
Make the Road New Jersey
St. John’s University School of Law
Brizeyda Parada Umana
Catholic Legal Services – Miami
Elizabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University
Elizabeth Wu
New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG), UnLocal
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Marisol Silva
Immigrant Justice Corps, Safe Horizon
University of Florida Levin College of Law

2019 Community Fellows

Abu Bakr Toure
Sauti Yetu
Lehman College
Ana Yanes Martinez
Brooklyn Public Library
Carleton College
Brian Elizalde
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid
Brown University
Carlos David Aviles Castro
Building One Community
University of California, Irvine
Cindy Zhunio
New York Public Library
University of New Haven
Eduardo Garcia Castañeda
Long Island Project (IJC)
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Elisa Nunez Gutierrez
Long Island Project (IJC)
Brooklyn College
Jacqueline Campos
UnLocal
Wellesley College
Jeffrey Vides Urrutia
Part of the Solution (POTS)
Columbia University
Micaela Rodriguez Tovar
Queens Public Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
Patricia Wong
Chinese-American Planning Council
Williams College
Sam Karnes
Arab American Association of New York
University of Texas at Austin
ShoYoung Shin
Minkwon Center for Community Action
Amherst College

2019 Justice Fellows

John Jozkowski
Safe Horizon
Brooklyn Law School
Audrey Mulholland
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid
American University
Diego Menendez-Estrada
Public Law Center
Boston University
Rehana Jamal
New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG)
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Maria Marroquin
UnLocal
City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law
Mariana Negron-Quinones
Safe Passage Project
City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law
Jessie Boas
California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation
Fordham University School of Law
Megan Elman
Long Island Project (IJC)
George Washington University Law School
Katrina Black
RAICES
Harvard Law School
Brenda Garcia
Catholic Charities – Orlando
Michigan State University College of Law
Alyssa Ramirez
The Door
New York Law School
Janae Hakala Choquette
Bronx Defenders
Northeastern University School of Law
Jiyoon Kim
Brooklyn Defender Services
Northeastern University School of Law
Kevin Siegel
Brooklyn Defender Services
New York University School of Law
Maya Sikand
Neighborhood Defender Service
New York University School of Law
Nora Searle
Bronx Defenders
New York University School of Law
Lesly Santos
Catholic Charities Community Services
Pace University School of Law
Tamara Anaie
Center for Immigrant Representation
Rutgers Law School
Emilie Raber
Building One Community
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Emma Morgenstern
Volunteers of Legal Service
University of Pennsylvania Law School
John Peng
Prisoners’ Legal Services
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Cindy Ramirez
BakerRipley (Houston)
University of California, Hastings College of the Law
Rosemary Gomez
California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation
University of California, Hastings College of the Law
Amy Kimbel
Florence Immigrant Rights Project
UCLA School of Law
Paloma Guerrero
University of Nevada Law, Las Vegas
William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV
Rebecca Taylor
Human Rights First
USC Gould School of Law
Thomas Scott-Railton
Bronx Defenders
Yale Law School

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