Our People
All Staff
Adriana Martinez
Paralegal
Aimee Meraz
Senior Program Assistant
Alero Egbe
Sullivan & Cromwell Fellow
Alisa Randell
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney
Alma Bonifacio
Administrative Assistant
Amanda Pertusati
Interim Directing Attorney – Center for Veterans Advancement
Amanda Savage
Senior Staff Attorney
Amy Tannenbaum
Staff Attorney
Ana Torres
Human Resources Manager
Annie Marquit
Senior Staff Attorney
Ash Rojo
Organizer
Bernadette Gholami
Senior Social Worker
Bianka Ramos
Staff Attorney
Brandon Payette
Staff Attorney
Brian Capra
Senior Staff Attorney
Carlo Castro
Small Business Program Manager
Carol Torres
HR Specialist
Carrie Vereide
Social Worker
Cecilia Bonilla
Administrative Assistant
Cecilia Mercado
Senior Program Coordinator
Charles Lam
Sidley Austin Fellow
Cheyanne Picone-Ishizuka
Associate Director
Christina M. Gonzalez
Senior Staff Attorney
Christine Alvisurez
Senior Staff Attorney
Christine Rodriguez
Administrative Assistant
Cindy Franco
Social Worker
Cindy Pánuco
Vice President and Chief Program Officer
Cynthia Ramirez-Gomez
Database Gift Process
D Abuyounes
Staff Attorney
Daniel Sanchez
Senior Paralegal
David Daniels
Director of Pro Bono, Interim Director of Human Resources
Daysi Miranda
Paralegal
Deanna Rafla-Yuan
Sullivan & Cromwell Fellow
Diana Alvarado
Supervising Staff Attorney
Doug Smith
Director of Policy and Coalition Building
Edna Galaviz
Program Assistant
Eduardo Solis
Communications Specialist
Efrain Zuniga
Administrative Assistant
Elizabeth “Liz” Hércules-Páez
Staff Attorney
Elizabeth “Rosie” Brown
UCLA CED Fellow
Elizabeth Gonzalez
Supervising Staff Attorney
Elizabeth Meyerhoff
Temporary Staff Attorney
Emily Siegenthaler
Grant Writer
Emma Arce
Program Assistant
Erika Luna
Administrative Assistant, Receptionist
Erin Farrell
Senior Special Events Coordinator
Faizah Malik
Senior Staff Attorney
Gina Amato Lough
Directing Attorney – Immigrants’ Rights Project
Greg Bonett
Senior Staff Attorney
Helen Boyer
Staff Attorney
HyunJoo Lee
Senior Staff Attorney
Isaac Filat
Justice Catalyst Fellow
Isaac Filat
Justice Catalyst Fellow
Jackie Chidiac
Senior Paralegal
Jana Whalley
Interim Supervising Staff Attorney
Javier Hernandez
Senior UC Project Coordinator
Jazmin Diaz
Project Coordinator
Jessica Monterey
Project Assistant
Jill Thompson
Directing Attorney – Women and Girls’ Rights
Joanna Adler
Staff Attorney
Joel Frost-Tift
Senior Staff Attorney
John Lorson
Senior Computer Systems Administrator
Joshua Busch
Director of Communications
Joshua Hirsch
Director of Grants
Juan Espinoza
EJW Fellow
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
Director of Litigation
Katie Chan
Placement Assistant
Katie McKeon
Staff Attorney
Katka Werth
Senior Staff Attorney
Kaytlen Cruz
Administrative Assistant
Kelly Evans
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney
Kelsey White
Staff Attorney
Kristen Jackson
Interim Directing Attorney – Women and Girls’ Rights
Lindsay Rosas
Baghdaserians Law Group Fellow
Lisa “Lili” Tamaki
Staff Attorney
Lucas Oppenheim
Senior Staff Attorney
Lupe Sanchez
Organizer
Mabel Pacheco
Project Coordinator
Malka Zeefe
Temporary Staff Attorney
Mallory Sepler-King
Senior Staff Attorney
Mara Ziegler
Senior Social Worker
Maria Badillo
Senior Staff Attorney
Maria Cabadas
Senior Paralegal
Maribel Morales
Paralegal
Maribel Ortega
Intake Coordinator
Maritza Torres-Escobedo
Paralegal
Mark Rosenbaum
Robins Kaplan Director – Opportunity Under Law
Marlee Grant
Administrative Assistant
Martha Becerra
Receptionist
Mary Jane Hunter
Paralegal
Mary Tanagho Ross
Senior Staff Attorney
Mayra Lira
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney
Megan Vees
Staff Attorney
Michael Diaz
Staff Attorney
Molly Mauck
Staff Attorney
Mónica Ramírez Almadani
Helen & Morgan Chu Chief Executive Officer Distinguished Chair
Natalie Garnica
Staff Attorney
Nisha Kashyap
Supervising Senior 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 Senior Staff Attorney
Rebecca Popuch
Senior Staff Attorney
Ritu Mahajan Estes
Directing Attorney – Community Development Project
Robert Baseman
Staff Attorney
Robertia Fujino Reid
Administrative Assistant
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
Scott Gizicki
Director of Philanthropy
Sean Chandra
Staff Attorney
Serena Garcia
Project Coordinator
Sharon Balmer Cartagena
Directing Attorney – Children’s Rights Project
Silvana Naguib
Directing Attorney – Homelessness Prevention Law Project
Steph Carroll
Directing Attorney – Consumer Rights and Economic Justice
Steven Godoy
Interim Chief Financial Officer
Tara Ford
Senior Counsel
Teresa Cruz
Senior Paralegal
Thomas Epstein
Berkeley Law Fellow
Tracy Rice
Vice President and Chief Development Officer
Tyrik LaCruise
Staff Attorney
Uzoamaka Ogbodo
Executive Assistant
Vanessa Guzman
Staff Attorney
Vicky Nguyen
Database Coordinator
Victor Velasco
Intake Coordinator
Victoria Bonds
Loyola Public Interest Fellow
Vikki Padilla
Senior Paralegal
William Streb II
Finance Associate
Yesenia Acosta
Interim Assistant Controller
Ylianna Perez-Guerrero
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney
Yonny Aguilar
Paralegal
