Maximizing Impact Project: Immigration
Maximizing Immigration Impact Class of 2025-2026
Americans for Immigrant Justice
Sui Chung
Executive Director
Asian Law Caucus
Belinda Escobosa
Chief Strategy Officer
Carole Vigne
Legal Director
Tilman Jacobs
Supervising Immigrant Rights Attorney
Bet Tzedek Legal Services
Erikson Albrecht
Associate Vice President
Joanna Fluckey
Directing Attorney - Justice for Children and Families
CAIR San Francisco Bay Area
Narmin Babayeva
Immigrants' Rights Coordinator
Perihan Abdelbaky
Senior Immigrant's Rights Attorney
Zahra Billoo
Executive Director
California Immigration Project
Bianca Duenas
Deputy Director
Marcus Tang
Executive Director
Nicole Zanardi
Legal Director
Canal Alliance
Grace Ozonoff-Richey
Operations Manager
Joana Castro Simonini
Director
Innovation Law Lab
Isa Pena
Director of Strategy
Jordan Cunnings
Legal Director
Tess Hellgren
Director of Legal Advocacy
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area
Amanda Maya
Program Director
Bekah Stroik
Program Director
Hayden Rodarte
Senior Staff Attorney
Legal Services for Children
Cathy Sakimura
Executive Director
Ron Gutierrez
Clinical Director
Stephany Arzaga
Associate Legal Director
Elizabeth Ramirez Barragan
MILA Supervising Attorney
Liza Diniakos
Program Manager, Immigration Legal Assistance
Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans (PANA)
Maria Chavez
Immigration Legal Director
Nicholas Paul
Staff Attorney
Pomona Economic Opportunity Center
Giselle Ramos
Immigrant Rights Advocate
Ingrid Salazar
Immigrant Rights Advocate and DOJ Partially-Accredited Representative
Laura Moreno
Immigrant Rights Director and Partially Accredited Representative
Public Counsel
Gina Amato Lough
Directing Attorney, Immigrants' Rights Project
Rebecca Brown
Supervising Staff Attorney
Teresa Cruz
Program Manager
San Luis Obispo Legal Assistance Foundation
Annette Lares
Supervising Legal Assistant
Stephanie Barclay
Executive Director
Maximizing Immigration Impact Class of 2024-2025
American Bar Association Immigration Justice Project
Ambreen Walji
Managing Attorney, Pro Bono
Crystal Felix
Managing Attorney, Adult Representation
Rachel Butrum
Deputy Director, Contracts and Operations
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California
Christine Chen
Immigration Services Program Director
Joseph Navales
Managing Attorney
Sheela Shood
Director of Immigration Services
Central California Legal Services
Izumi Miyake
Senior Staff Attorney
Jeneé Barnes
Directing Attorney of Immigration Team
Centro Legal de la Raza
Abby Sullivan Engen
Managing Attorney, Removal Defense
Lourdes Martinez
Immigrant Rights Program Director | Directing Attorney
Monique Berlanga
Executive Director
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA)
Angelica Salas
Executive Director
Karla Aguayo
Legal Director
Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto
Katrina Logan
Executive Director
East Bay Spanish Speaking Citizens Foundation
Alyssa Simpson
Attorney
Christopher Martinez
Executive Director
Ricardo Beyloune
Paralegal
Neighborhood Legal Services
Alisa Daubenspeck
Supervising Attorney
Gerson Soto
Director of Legal Services
Pangea Legal Services
Elena Hodges
Immigration Attorney
Esperanza Cuautle
Co-Director & Organizer
Vanessa Godinez
Co-Director, Staff Attorney & Communications Hub Lead
Public Law Center
Precious Odum
Co-Supervising Attorney
Services, Immigrant Rights & Education Network (SIREN)
Eliana Gonzalez
Legal Director
Huy Tran
Executive Director
United Farm Workers (UFW) Foundation
Ambar Tovar
Legal Services Director
Sofia Corona
Directing Attorney