Mayra is the Senior Supervising Attorney for Public Counsel’s Education Rights Project. She oversees the Education team’s state and local policy and direct service work and participates in various policy efforts in the area of education, including exclusionary discipline, school policing, the rights of immigrant students, and juvenile justice. She represents families in all stages of special education advocacy, including IEP advocacy, state compliance, and due process complaints. She also represents students facing expulsion and other forms of school pushout. While at Public Counsel, Mayra has also worked with the Adoptions team and represented families in advocacy efforts with the Regional Center. Prior to joining Public Counsel, Mayra worked at an immigration nonprofit representing individuals applying for immigration relief. Mayra graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a B.A. in Sociology and a Minor in Political Science. She obtained her J.D. from Loyola Law School.