Staff
LEGAL SERVICES
Irfana Anwer, Pro Bono Managing Attorney
Laurie Ball Cooper, Legal Director
Mariana Berumen, Immigration Paralegal
Shanti Martin Brown, Supervising Attorney, DC Immigration
Josh Doherty, Managing Attorney, DC Immigration
Mary Caulfield, Legal Assistant
Giancarla Cazzol, Intake Specialist/Office Manager
Kate Clark, Managing Attorney, MD Immigration
Brittania Elias, Domestic Violence/Family Law Paralegal
Katie Flannery, Equal Justice Works Crime Victims Justice Corp Fellow
Dana Florkowski, Staff Attorney
Solangel Gonzalez, Immigration & Project END Attorney
Kelly Hii, Immigration & EJA Fellow
Gaby Hilliger, 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, Supervising Attorney, DC Immigration
Colleen Normile, Supervising Attorney, Project END
Corie O’Rourke, Immigration Staff Attorney
Beatriz Ortiz-López, Immigration Staff Attorney
Jencey Paz, Legal Assistant
Dominique Perez-Sangimino, Immigration and Staff Attorney Fellow
Erica Rudolf, Domestic Violence/ Family Law Staff Attorney
Cory Sagduyu, Immigration Fellow
Helen Sanchez, Intake and Referral Specialist
Anastasia Sendoun, Immigration & Pro Bono Legal Assistant
Beth Simon, Immigration Staff Attorney
Katie Soltis, Immigration Staff Attorney
Madeline Taylor Diaz, Immigration Supervising Attorney
Carina Villagra, Immigration Staff Attorney
Michelle Villegas, Children’s/Family Law Clerk
Rebecca Walters, Managing Attorney, VA Legal
Lauren Wert, Pro Bono Coordinating Attorney
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
Diana Avellaneda, Staff Accountant
Paula Fitzgerald, Executive Director
Rossana Molina, Director of Finance
Berta Najera, HR and Operations Associate
SOCIAL SERVICES
Fatima Monastiriotis, Case Manager
Cleopatra Fuentes, Case Manager
Karla Najera, Therapist
Ana Cristina Plaza, Manager of Emergency Assistance Programs / Case Manager
Kirstie Sippola, Case Manager
Maria Andreina Vethencourt, Senior Case Manager
Andrea Wein, Therapist
LANGUAGE ACCESS PROGRAM
Kendra Carson, Language Access Coordinator
Arlene Galvan, Language Access Coordinator
Paige Jordan, Language Access Coordinator
Egbert Ospina, Language Access Coordinator
Marilyn Lovo, Language Access Manager
Fia Shah, Language Access Coordinator
David Steib, Language Access Director
Treshia Thomas, Language Access Manager
General Inquiries – interpreterbank@ayuda.com
DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNICATIONS
Nikita Beenunula, Development & Communications Coordinator
Laura Catania, Volunteer & Community Outreach Coordinator
Keilah Joyner, Grants Coordinator
David Sokolowski, Director of Development
Laura Trask, Associate Director of Development & Communications