IJC welcomes 2026 Community Fellows!
New York – Immigrant Justice Corps (IJC) is pleased to announce our 2026 class of Community Fellows.
Four graduates from colleges across the country have been chosen for the prestigious Community Fellowship. The Fellows will be inaugural three-year placements, who will seek to achieve full accreditation from the Department of Justice’s Recognition & Accreditation Program by the end of the fellowship.
Selected for their talent, experience, and commitment to immigrant justice, these promising recent graduates will provide a broad range of representation, under the supervision of legal staff at their host organizations.
“We are delighted to welcome our newest class of Community Fellows,” said Jojo Annobil, IJC’s CEO. “The inaugural three-year placements will hopefully allow our four Fellows to gain experience before the Immigration Courts, providing invaluable insight as they enter the immigration field.”
The 2026 Community Fellows come to IJC with extensive backgrounds in immigration-related internships, jobs, and volunteerism. All the new Fellows are bilingual, with fluency in Spanish and French.
Amelie Aguilar Resendiz, a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, will join Project Rousseau’s school-based legal services program, advocating for immigrant and refugee youth and families as they navigate complex immigration proceedings and pursue educational opportunities.
Litzy Alba Martinez, a graduate of DePauw University, will join CARECEN NY, where she will provide legal support to low-income immigrant communities on Long Island by assisting with immigration applications, humanitarian cases and client representation.
Emme Goldman, a graduate of Temple University, will join African Communities Together, working to help respond to the legal needs of African immigrant communities in the New York area.
Greliza Taveras Perez, a graduate of Bard College, will join Neighbors Link, where she will work to serve immigrant communities through direct legal services.
Since 2014, IJC Community Fellows have filed over 6,000 fee waiver applications and saved low-income clients more than $4.7 million in fees and have won 95% of cases closed.
The 2026 Community Fellow applicants were the most competitive to date, with only 4 Fellows selected out of over 75 applications.
The new cohort will begin their fellowships in September alongside the 2026 class of Justice Fellows.
