Against the backdrop of the pandemic, Ayuda pivoted to provide our quality legal, social and language access services to be offered remotely, allowing us to support more than 3,000 immigrants in 2020.
Thank you for your support, and we hope you enjoy our 2020 Impact Report!
Staff
LEGAL SERVICES
Irfana Anwer, Pro Bono Managing Attorney
Ivan Azcarate, Intake Specialist/Office Manager
Laurie Ball Cooper, Legal Director
Mariana Berumen, Immigration Paralegal
Gabi Brito, Immigration Staff Attorney
Shanti Martin Brown, Immigration Supervising Attorney, D.C.
Becca Brunty, Staff Attorney
Linda Campos, Immigration Staff Attorney
Tamara Castro Marquez, Immigration Staff Attorney
Mary Caulfield, Paralegal
Giancarla Cazzol, Intake Specialist/Office Manager
Kate Clark, Managing Attorney, MD Immigration
Amy Cheng, Legal Assistant, Immigration and Pro Bono
Josh Doherty, Managing Attorney, DC Immigration
Brittania Elias, Domestic Violence/Family Law Paralegal
Katie Flannery, Immigration Staff Attorney
Dana Florkowski, Immigration Staff Attorney
Solangel Gonzalez, Immigration & Project END Attorney
Kelly Hii, Immigration & EJA Fellow
Dalal Hillou, ProBono Coordinating Attorney
Gavrielle Jacobovitz, Temporary Legal Assistant
Devon Johnson, Legal Assistant
Erin Larkin, Associate Director – Domestic Violence/Family Law
Ambar Martin, Immigration & Project END Legal Assistant
Monica Martinez, Domestic Violence/Family Law Staff Attorney
Victoria Maqueda, Immigration Supervising Attorney, D.C.
Annika Meurs, Temporary Legal Assistant
Maribel Nava, Legal Assistant
Sandra Negron, Temporary Staff Attorney
Colleen Normile, Supervising Attorney, Project END
Corie O’Rourke, Immigration Supervising Attorney, Virginia
Beatriz Ortiz-López, Immigration Staff Attorney
Grace Pereira–Soruco, Legal Assistant
Dominique Perez-Sangimino, Gallogly Fellow
Michelle Romero, Legal Assistant
Erica Rudolf, Domestic Violence/ Family Law Staff Attorney
Helen Sanchez, Intake and Referral Specialist
Isabella Sansanelli, Temporary Legal Assistant
Katie Soltis, Immigration Supervising Attorney, Virginia
Madeline Taylor Diaz, Immigration Supervising Attorney, Virginia
Rosaura Villalobos, Legal Assistant – DV/FL & Immigration
Carina Villagra, Immigration Staff Attorney
Michelle Villegas, Children’s/Family Law Clerk
Rebecca Walters, Managing Attorney, VA Legal
Lauren Wert, Immigration Staff Attorney
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
Lina Arslanian, Grant Financial Manager
Diana Avellaneda, Staff Accountant
Fatima Diabate, Human Resources Manager
Paula Fitzgerald, Executive Director
Mohammad Hourani, Finance Director
Berta Najera, HR and Operations Associate
SOCIAL SERVICES
Jennifer Argueta, Case Manager
Diana Fula, Case Manager
Roberto Martinez, Therapist
Fatima Monastiriotis, Senior Case Manager
Ana Cristina Plaza, Interim Social Services Director / Manager of Emergency Assistance Programs / Case Manager
Kirstie Sippola, Case Manager
Ana Teo-Salvador, Case Manager
Maria Andreina Vethencourt, Senior Case Manager
LANGUAGE ACCESS PROGRAM
Kendra Carson, Language Access Coordinator
Arlene Galvan, Language Access Coordinator
Rebekah Grafton, Language Access Coordinator
Paige Jordan, Language Access Manager
Egbert Ospina, Language Access Coordinator
Marilyn Lovo, Language Access Manager
Fia Shah, Senior Language Access Coordinator
David Steib, Language Access Director
General Inquiries – interpreterbank@ayuda.com
DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNICATIONS
Nikita Beenunula, Development & Communications Coordinator
Kiara Tarafa, Grants Coordinator
Laura Trask, Associate Director of Development & Communications