Staff
LEGAL PROGRAMS
IMMIGRATION & PRO BONO
Michael Altamirano, Paralegal, VA
Maura Amaya, Paralegal, VA
Irfana Anwer, Pro Bono Managing Attorney, DC
Blanca Arriola Palma, Paralegal, MD
Deepa Bijpuria, Immigration Managing Attorney, MD
Gabriela Brito, Staff Attorney, MD
Shanti Martin Brown, Immigration Supervising Attorney, DC
Rebecca Brunty, Staff Attorney, DC
Aubrey Calderon, Program Coordinator, Children’s Legal Services, VA
Brianna Callahan, Paralegal, VA
Sofia Castellano, Paralegal, VA
Mary Caulfield, Senior Paralegal, VA
Giancarla Cazzol Sandoval, Paralegal, MD
Ryan Durazo, Staff Attorney, VA
Ani Escobar-Martinez, Paralegal, DC
Katie Flannery, Immigration Supervising Attorney, VA
Rebeca Garcia Gil, Staff Attorney, DC
Nicole Gasmen, Legal Fellow, VA
Solangel Gonzalez, Immigration Supervising Attorney, DC
Nitin Goyal, Immigration Supervising Attorney, VA
Kelly Hii, Immigration Supervising Attorney, MD
Maria Islam, Legal Program Coordinator, DC
Greta Jarboe, Paralegal, DC
Tamara Marquez, Staff Attorney, MD
Victoria Maqueda, Immigration Managing
Attorney, VA
Alexandra Melinchok, Paralegal, MD
Annika Meurs, Paralegal, DC
Jen Morton, Legal Fellow, VA
Corie O’Rourke, Managing Attorney, Children’s Legal Services, VA
Beatriz Ortiz-Lopez, Immigration Managing Attorney, DC
Thummim Park, Staff Attorney, MD
Dominique Perez-Sangimino, Staff Attorney, VA
Melanie Pineda, Paralegal, VA
Jessica Prince, Staff Attorney, DC
Julia Rigal, Equal Justice Fellow/Staff Attorney, MD
Lauren Salzman, Immigration Supervising Attorney, DC
Marisa Theodore, Supervising Immigration Attorney, MD
Larisa Traub, Pro Bono Coordinating Attorney, DC
Megan Turngren, Director of Legal Programs, DC
Silvana Carina Villagra, Immigration Supervising Attorney, VA
Gibran Zavalza, Paralegal, VA
Charlie Zenker, Paralegal, DC
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & FAMILY LAW
Gisela Castillo, Paralegal, DC
Cheryl Chado, Domestic Violence/Family Law Managing Attorney, DC
Stephanie Hand, Staff Attorney, MD
Kevin Rubio, Staff Attorney, DC
PROJECT END
Colleen Normile, Managing Attorney, Project END, DC
Benjamin Dearden, Staff Attorney, Project END, DC
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
Ivan Azcarate, Operations and Data Manager
Ada Contreras, Staff Accountant
Paula Fitzgerald, Executive Director
Margarita Martinez, Human Resources Manager
Iovanna Membreno, Intake Specialist/Office Manager
Rossana Molina, Senior Staff Accountant
Berta Najera, Operations and HR Associate
Susan Newell, Intake Specialist/Office Manager
Connor Paul, Volunteer and Intern Coordinator
Helen Sanchez, Intake Specialist/Office Manager
Rose Spero, Operations Director
Elsy Vasquez, Finance Director
Letaria Weaver, Executive Assistant
SOCIAL SERVICES
Jennifer Argueta, Case Manager, VA
Ivonne Diaz, Case Manager, MD
Diana Fitz, Senior Case Manager, DC
Monica Maldonado, Senior Case Manager, DC
David Manolof, Therapist, DC
Nuri Martinez-Molina, Case Manager, MD
Fatima Monastiriotis, Supervising Case Manager, VA
Rachelle Nieto, Case Manager, DC
Ana Plaza, Social Services Director, DC
Kirstie Sippola, Supervising Case Manager, DC
Maria A. Vethencourt, Supervising Case Manager, MD
Susan Zambrana, Case Manager, VA
LANGUAGE ACCESS PROGRAM
Diana Batres, Language Access Coordinator
Arlene Galvan, Language Access Coordinator
Rebekah Grafton, Training and Technical Assistance Specialist
Sean Heyneman, Language Access Manager
Paige Jordan, Language Access Manager
Marilyn Lovo, Senior Language Access Manager
Jairo Nuñez, Language Access Coordinator
Lauryn Ping, Language Access Coordinator
Tatiana Cherry Santos, Language Access Coordinator
David Steib, Language Access Director
General Inquiries – [email protected]
DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNICATIONS
Alicja Johnson, Communications Manager
Laura Trask, Director of Development & Communications
GRANTS & ADVOCACY
Sandra Benavente Mancilla, Advocacy Manager
Nancy Brill, Grant Writer
Annakarina Rincon, Grants Budget Manager