Our People
All Staff

Adé Jackson
Staff Attorney

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
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney

Amy Tannenbaum
Supervising Staff Attorney

Ana Torres
Director of Human Resources

Annie Marquit
Senior Staff Attorney

Ash Rojo
Organizer

Ashley Longo
Temporary Law Clerk

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
Acting Associate HR Manager

Carrie Vereide
Social Worker

Cecilia Bonilla
Administrative Assistant

Cecilia Mercado
Senior Program Coordinator

Cheyanne Picone-Ishizuka
Associate Director

Christina M. Gonzalez
Senior Staff Attorney

Christine Alvisurez
Senior Staff Attorney

Cindy Franco
Social Worker

Cynthia Ramirez-Gomez
Database Gift Processor

D Abuyounes
Staff Attorney

Daniel Sanchez
Senior Paralegal

David Daniels
Director of Pro Bono

Daysi Miranda
Shriver Program Manager

Doug Smith
Director of Policy and Coalition Building

Edna Galaviz
Program Assistant

Eduardo Solis
Communications Specialist

Efrain Zuniga
Administrative Assistant

Elizabeth “Liz” Hércules-Páez
Interim Supervising Staff Attorney

Elizabeth “Rosie” Brown
UCLA CED Fellow

Elizabeth Gonzalez
Supervising Staff Attorney

Elizabeth Meyerhoff
Temporary Staff Attorney

Elizabeth Williams
Case Coordinator

Emily Siegenthaler
Grant Writer

Emma Arce
Program Assistant

Erika Luna
Receptionist & Administrative Assistant

Erin Farrell
Senior Special Events Coordinator

Faizah Malik
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney

Ghirlandi Guidetti
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

Jackie Chidiac
Senior Paralegal

Jana Whalley
Interim Supervising Staff Attorney

Javier Hernandez
Senior UC Project Coordinator

Jazmin Diaz
Project Coordinator

Jessica Monterey
Project Assistant

Joanna Adler
Staff Attorney

Joanne Newman
Temporary Paralegal

Joe Sapien
Benefits Specialist

Joel Frost-Tift
Supervising Staff Attorney

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 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
Vice President , Chief of Litigation & Legal Programs

Katka Werth
Senior Staff Attorney

Kavita Tekchandani
Supervising Staff Attorney

Kaytlen Cruz
Administrative Assistant

Kelly Evans
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney

Kelsey White
Staff Attorney

Kennedy Willis
Staff Attorney

Kristen Jackson
Senior Staff Attorney

Lilian Teran Mendoza
Project Assistant

Lisa “Lili” Tamaki
Staff Attorney

Lucas Oppenheim
Senior Staff Attorney

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

Maria Lopez
Guardianship Intake Coordinator

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

Meg Rumsey-Lasersohn
Grants Coordinator

Melissa Diaz
Law Clerk

Michael Diaz
Staff Attorney

Molly Mauck
Staff Attorney

Mónica Ramírez Almadani
Helen & Morgan Chu Chief Executive Officer Distinguished Chair

Nancy Calderon
Paralegal

Natalie Garnica
Staff Attorney

Nick Levsen
Temporary Law Clerk

Nisha Kashyap
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney

Paul “Roug” Rouggie
Facilities, IT Support Technician

Peggie Bennett
Senior Paralegal

Rachel Odio
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney

Rachel Stein
Directing Attorney – Women and Girls’ Rights

Rebecca Brown
Loyola Law Public Interest Fellow

Rebecca Popuch
Senior Staff Attorney

Ritu Mahajan Estes
Directing Attorney – Community Development Project

Robertia Fujino Reid
Administrative Assistant

Robin Baker
Administrative Assistant

Rocio Garcia
Adoption Intake Coordinator

Rocio Garcia
Organizer, Paralegal

Ruth Sandoval
Office Manager

Sandra Madera
Senior Lead Pro Bono Coordinator

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

Stephano Medina
Staff Attorney

Steven Godoy
Chief Financial Officer, Vice President

Suzanne Dombkowski
Staff Attorney

Tara Ford
Senior Counsel

Teresa Cruz
Senior Paralegal

Thomas Epstein
Berkeley Law Fellow

Tracy Rice
Vice President , Chief Development Officer

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

Yvette Solano
Social Worker