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.

2020 Justice Fellows

Will Sheehan
Safe Passage Project
Roger Williams University School of Law
William Granados
New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG)
Brooklyn Law School
Alex McGriff
Prisoners’ Legal Services
Harvard Law School
Allison Mandeville
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-Suarez
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
Jacob Lichtenbaum
Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Joanna Rothchild
Brooklyn Defender Services
New York University School of Law
Thera McAvoy
Innovation Law Lab – El Paso
Northeastern University School of Law
Chloe Sugino
Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition
Boston University School of Law
Ellen Watlington
Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition
Georgetown University Law Center
Emily Johanson
Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition
University of California, Irvine School of Law
Gissell Rodriguez
Center for Immigrant Representation
Western New England University School of Law
Grace Benton
Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition
Georgetown University Law Center
Hannah Strauss
Catholic Charities Community Services
Georgetown University Law Center
Jessica Olive
UnLocal
Brooklyn Law School
Joanna Lopez
Central American Legal Assistance (CALA)
City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law
Jon Greenspan
Brooklyn Defender Services
New York University School of Law
Katherine Ventura Cruz
Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition
American University Washington College 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

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
Patricia Wong
Chinese-American Planning Council
Williams College
Elisa Nunez Gutierrez
Long Island Project (IJC)
City University of New York, 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
Rocio Mondragon
Project Hospitality
Georgetown University
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

Audrey Mulholland
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid
American University
Diego Menendez-Estrada
Public Law Center
Boston University
John Jozkowsky
Safe Passage Project
Brooklyn Law School
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
Kevin Siegel
Brooklyn Defender Services
New York University School of Law
Amy Kimbel
Florence Immigrant Rights Project
William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV
Thomas Scott-Railton
Bronx Defenders
Yale Law School
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
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
Paloma Guerrero
University of Nevada Law, Las Vegas
William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV
Rebecca Taylor
Human Rights Foundation
USC Gould School of Law

2018 Community Fellows

Daad Sharfi
Arab American Association of New York
Yale University
Samantha Pascal
Brooklyn Public Library
Columbia University
Monica Naranjo
Long Island Project (IJC)
Wellesley College
Neil Ren
Chinese-American Planning Council
Bucknell University
Diana Chacon
New York Public Library
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Catalina Odio
Part of the Solution (POTS)
Kenyon College
Mariama Bah
Sauti Yetu
Lehman College
Jacob Brescia-Weiler
Project Hospitality
Tufts University
Viridiana Inguanzo
Queens Public Library
University of California, Berkeley
Natalie Limon
Center for Immigrant Representation
Columbia University

2018 Justice Fellows

Erika Nyborg-Burch
Bronx Defenders
Yale Law School
Ilana Herr
American Friends Service Committee
New York University School of Law
Jasmine Brito
Catholic Legal Services – Miami
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Javeria Ahmed
Sauti Yetu
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
John DeBellis
Brooklyn Defender Services
Columbia Law School
José Miranda
Catholic Migration Services
Columbia Law School
Kate Richardson
RAICES
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
Lorena Espino-Piepp
Lutheran Social Services
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Marie Sutton
Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition
Chapman University Fowler School of Law
Mary Slattery
Prisoners’ Legal Services
Northeastern University School of Law
Nicole Alanko
Safe Horizon
William & Mary Law School
Taqwa Elhindi
Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Victor Cheng
Lutheran Social Services
City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law
Alejandra Aramayo
Catholic Charities Community Services
American University Washington College of Law
Allison Richman
The Door
Fordham University School of Law
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
Dalia Fuleihan
New Haven Legal Assistance
Boston University School of Law
Denia Perez
Make the Road New York
Quinnipiac University School of Law
Denise Feliciano
Safe Passage Project
St. John’s University School of Law
Diana Ricaurte
Long Island Project (IJC)
St. John’s University School of Law
Elizabeth Wu
New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG)
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Emerson Argueta
Long Island Project (IJC)
Fordham University School of Law
Emily Echeverria
Long Island Project (IJC)
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Emily Niemel
Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)
Case Western Reserve, University School of Law

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