Our People
All Staff
Adriana Martinez
Paralegal
Aimee Meraz
Senior Program Assistant
Alisa Randell
Supervising Staff Attorney
Alma Bonifacio
Administrative Assistant
Amanda Pertusati
Supervising Staff Attorney
Amanda Savage
Staff Attorney
Amy Tannenbaum
Staff Attorney
Ana Karen Manjarrez
Case Coordinator
Ana Torres
Human Resources Manager
Angie Valenzuela
Administrative Assistant
Annie Marquit
Interim Directing Attorney ā Community Development Project
Bernadette Gholami
Senior Social Worker
Beth Tsoulos
Senior Social Worker
Bianka Ramos
Staff Attorney
Brandon Payette
Staff Attorney
Brian Capra
Senior Staff Attorney
Cara Newlon
Peter and Patricia Gruber Fellow
Carlo Castro
Small Business Program Manager
Carol Torres
HR Specialist
Carrie Vereide
Social Worker
Cecilia Bonilla
Administrative Assistant
Cecilia Mercado
Senior Program Coordinator
Cheyanne Picone-Ishizuka
Associate Director
Christina M. Gonzalez
Staff Attorney
Christine Alvisurez
Staff Attorney
Christine Rodriguez
Administrative Assistant
Cindy Franco
Social Worker
Cindy PƔnuco
Vice President and Chief Program Officer
Cynthia Ramirez-Gomez
Database Gift Process
D Abuyounes
Staff Attorney
Daniel Sanchez
Paralegal
Daniel Triplett
Staff Attorney
David Daniels
Director of Pro Bono, Interim Directing Attorney of Center for Veterans’ Advancement
Daysi Miranda
Paralegal
Deanna Rafla-Yuan
Sullivan & Cromwell Fellow
Diana Alvarado
Supervising Staff Attorney
Doug Smith
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney
Eduardo Solis
Communications Specialist
Efrain Zuniga
Administrative Assistant
Elizabeth “Liz” HĆ©rcules-PĆ”ez
Staff Attorney
Elizabeth āRosieā Brown
UCLA CED Fellow
Elizabeth Gonzalez
Supervising Staff Attorney
Emily Siegenthaler
Grant Writer
Erika Luna
Administrative Assistant, Receptionist
Erin Farrell
Senior Special Events Coordinator
Faizah Malik
Senior Staff Attorney
Gina Amato Lough
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney
Greg Bonett
Staff Attorney
Helen Boyer
Staff Attorney
HyunJoo Lee
Staff Attorney
IvƔn Medina
Paralegal
Jackie Chidiac
Senior Paralegal
Jana Whalley
Interim Supervising Staff Attorney
Javier Hernandez
UC Project Coordinator
Jeffrey Aler
Director of Human Resources
Jessica Monterey
Project Assistant
Jill Thompson
Directing Attorney āĀ Women and Girls’ Rights
Joanna Adler
Staff Attorney
Joel Frost-Tift
Staff Attorney
John Lorson
Senior Computer Systems Administrator
Jose Solano Jimenez
Fix School Discipline Coordinator
Joseph Weiner
Senior Staff Attorney
Joshua Busch
Director of Communications
Joshua Hirsch
Director of Grants
Juan Espinoza
EJW Fellow
Juan Navarcia
Staff Attorney
Judy London
Directing Attorney ā Immigrants’ Rights Project, Irell & Manella Chair in Public Interest Law
Judy Verduzco
Director of Social Work
Juli Newhouse
Senior Paralegal
Jumana Bambot
Staff Attorney
Karen Martinez-Chung
Staff Attorney
Karen Nowicki
Controller
Karen Ullman
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney
Karla Chalif
Vice President , Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel
Karla Infante
Finance Associate
Kathleen Rivas
Justice Catalyst Fellow
Kathryn Eidmann
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney
Katie Chan
Placement Assistant
Katie McKeon
Staff Attorney
Katka Werth
Senior Staff Attorney
Kelly Evans
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney
Kristen Jackson
Senior Staff Attorney
Lindsay Rosas
Baghdaserians Law Group Fellow
Lisa “Lili” Tamaki
Staff Attorney
Lucas Oppenheim
Staff Attorney
Lupe Sanchez
Organizer
Lynne Bolen
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Mabel Pacheco
Administrative Assistant
Mallory Sepler-King
Staff Attorney
Mara Ziegler
Senior Social Worker
Maria Badillo
Staff Attorney
Maria Cabadas
Senior Paralegal
Maribel Morales
Paralegal
Maribel Ortega
Intake Coordinator
Maritza Torres-Escobedo
Paralegal
Mark Rosenbaum
Robins Kaplan Director ā Opportunity Under Law
Marlee Grant
Administrative Assistant
Martha Becerra
Receptionist
Mary Jane Hunter
Paralegal
Mary Lipscomb
Staff Attorney
Mary Tanagho Ross
Senior Staff Attorney
Mayra Lira
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney
Megan Vees
Staff Attorney
MĆ³nica RamĆrez Almadani
Helen & Morgan Chu Chief Executive Officer Distinguished Chair
Natalie Garnica
Staff Attorney
Nisha Kashyap
Supervising Staff Attorney
Patrick Anderson
Staff Attorney
Paul “Roug” Rouggie
Facilities, IT Support Technician
Peggie Bennett
Senior Paralegal
Rachel Odio
Interim Supervising Staff Attorney
Rachel Stein
Supervising Staff Attorney
Rebecca Popuch
Staff Attorney
Rekha Radhakrishnan
Strategic Communications Manager
Ritu Estes
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney
Robert Baseman
Staff Attorney
Rocio Garcia
Adoption Intake, Guardianship Clinic Coordinator
Rocio Garcia
Organizer, Paralegal
Ruth Sandoval
Office Manager
Sandra Madera
Senior Lead Pro Bono Coordinator
Sara Van Hofwegen
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney
Sarah Medina Camiscoli
Justice Catalyst Fellow
Sarah Rogozen
Staff Attorney
Scot Moore
Director of Information Technology
Sean Chandra
Staff Attorney
Serena Garcia
Project Coordinator
Sharon Balmer Cartagena
Directing Attorney ā Children’s Rights Project
Silvana Naguib
Interim Directing Attorney ā Homelessness Prevention Law Project
Steph Carroll
Directing Attorney āĀ Consumer Rights and Economic Justice
Stephanie Lomeli
Social Worker
Tara Ford
Senior Counsel
Teresa Cruz
Senior Paralegal
Tracy Rice
Vice President and Chief Development Officer
Uzoamaka Ogbodo
Executive Assistant
Vanessa Guzman
Staff Attorney
Vicky Nguyen
Database Coordinator
Victor Velasco
Intake Coordinator
Vikki Padilla
Senior Paralegal
William Lacker
Organizer
Yesenia Acosta
Accounting Analyst
Ylianna Perez-Guerrero
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney
Yonny Aguilar
Paralegal
