Experience

UnidosUS (@WeAreUnidosUS)

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Advisor, Immigration Project

  • Jun 2023 - Present



Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Policy Consultant

  • Sep 2022 - Jun 2023

  • Updated the organization’s analysis of federal policies that impact immigrant students in higher education institutions that appears on its Higher Ed Immigration Portal website. • Wrote memoranda on the way legislators and university systems can replicate tuition equity laws for undocumented students in higher education institutions passed in states like California. • Assisted with the organization’s efforts to explore how interstate tuition agreements between groups of states can expand the ability of undocumented students to access in-state tuition. Show less



George W. Bush Presidential Center

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Policy Consultant

  • Nov 2020 - Jun 2023

  • Produced a report outlining a proposal for managing migration between Central America and the U.S.-Mexico border based on roundtable conversations with migration, trade, and security experts. • Advised the Institute’s staff on migration policy developments and helped shape its advocacy strategy on legislative issues related to U.S. border policy and the reception of Afghan arrivals. • Produced a report outlining a proposal for managing migration between Central America and the U.S.-Mexico border based on roundtable conversations with migration, trade, and security experts. • Advised the Institute’s staff on migration policy developments and helped shape its advocacy strategy on legislative issues related to U.S. border policy and the reception of Afghan arrivals.



Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

• United States
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Policy Consultant

  • Apr 2022 - Sep 2022

  • Wrote a report proposing strategies that would allow the United States and countries in the Western Hemisphere to implement a permanent coordinated process to manage migration in the region. • Co-authored an op-ed on the need for the Western Hemisphere’s countries to have regular meetings to develop and refine coordinated responses to migration developments in the region. • Wrote a report proposing strategies that would allow the United States and countries in the Western Hemisphere to implement a permanent coordinated process to manage migration in the region. • Co-authored an op-ed on the need for the Western Hemisphere’s countries to have regular meetings to develop and refine coordinated responses to migration developments in the region.



The Episcopal Church

• United States
• Religious Institutions
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Policy Consultant

  • Feb 2021 - Jul 2022

  • Advised the Episcopal Church’s Office on Government Relations on migration policy issues, including development of advocacy strategies to influence U.S. migration legislation. • Led congressional advocacy efforts on behalf of the Church to push for expanded funding for the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program and the resettlement of Afghan arrivals. • Provided immigration and refugee policy updates during calls and webinars with the Church’s internal stakeholders and the staff of Episcopal Migration Ministries. Show less



Bipartisan Policy Center

• United States
• Think Tanks
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Policy Consultant

  • Jan 2022 - May 2022

  • Co-authored a report on trends in immigrant entrepreneurship and the policies that lawmakers can adopt to mitigate the challenges these individuals face when starting their businesses. • Co-authored a report on trends in immigrant entrepreneurship and the policies that lawmakers can adopt to mitigate the challenges these individuals face when starting their businesses.



Migration Policy Institute

• United States
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Policy Consultant

  • Mar 2021 - Mar 2022

  • Carried out 23 interviews with migration stakeholders to write a report on the viability of using U.S. employment-based migrant worker programs to manage migration from Central America. • Co-authored on the viability of using work programs in Canada, Costa Rica, and Mexico to assist the United States with managing irregular migration from Central America. • Provided recommendations to the Department of Homeland Security on ways it can use the H-2 program to manage migration from Central America based on my research findings. Show less



Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Policy Consultant

  • Nov 2020 - Jan 2021

  • Reviewed and expanded descriptions of over 75 U.S. state immigration laws for the organization’s immigration web portal outlining policies for irregular immigrants in the U.S. • Reviewed and expanded descriptions of over 75 U.S. state immigration laws for the organization’s immigration web portal outlining policies for irregular immigrants in the U.S.



Bipartisan Policy Center

• United States
• Think Tanks
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Policy Analyst

  • Aug 2017 - Nov 2020

  • Wrote or co-wrote white papers and policy briefs outlining ideas for improving the U.S. immigration system, including a regional plan for managing migration between Central America and the U.S. • Wrote or co-wrote 50 reports, blog posts, and op-eds that analyzed and explained federal and state immigration policy developments for general, research, and congressional audiences. • Met with Congressional offices and foreign embassy staff to provide technical expertise on immigration policy issues ranging from the Central American migration crisis to DACA legislation. • Served as co-analyst of the organization’s weekly immigration podcast series on the latest news in U.S. immigration policy, politics, and jurisprudence. Show less



National Immigration Forum

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Consultant

  • Jul 2016 - Jan 2017

  • Used statistical databases and academic research to write a report analyzing how community-based organizations help Legal Permanent Residents (LPRs) naturalize and register to vote. • Visited naturalization and voter registration events to interview event staff, volunteers, and clients on their impact on naturalization and voter registration trends in immigrant communities. • Used statistical databases and academic research to write a report analyzing how community-based organizations help Legal Permanent Residents (LPRs) naturalize and register to vote. • Visited naturalization and voter registration events to interview event staff, volunteers, and clients on their impact on naturalization and voter registration trends in immigrant communities.



U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

• United States
• International Affairs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graduate Intern

  • Jan 2014 - May 2014

  • Carried out background research, wrote briefing materials, and sought speakers for a congressional hearing on foreign governments’ participation in global trafficking flows. • Met with American and European civil society and government groups to gather information that Commission staff utilized to guide the agency’s human rights and security work. • Wrote background briefs on refugee and human trafficking issues for Commission staff. • Carried out background research, wrote briefing materials, and sought speakers for a congressional hearing on foreign governments’ participation in global trafficking flows. • Met with American and European civil society and government groups to gather information that Commission staff utilized to guide the agency’s human rights and security work. • Wrote background briefs on refugee and human trafficking issues for Commission staff.



Solidarity Center

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Intern, Human Trafficking and Migration Program

  • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013

  • Wrote reports analyzing global labor migration flows and labor migration policy trends to support the Solidarity Center’s migrant rights advocacy work. • Analyzed union provisions in contracts between global trade unions and corporations to support evaluations of workers’ rights in the African extractives industry. • Participated in strategic meetings with the Solidarity Center's partners in anti-trafficking advocacy coalitions. • Wrote reports analyzing global labor migration flows and labor migration policy trends to support the Solidarity Center’s migrant rights advocacy work. • Analyzed union provisions in contracts between global trade unions and corporations to support evaluations of workers’ rights in the African extractives industry. • Participated in strategic meetings with the Solidarity Center's partners in anti-trafficking advocacy coalitions.



Migration Policy Institute

• United States
• Think Tanks
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern, International Migration Program

  • Jan 2013 - Apr 2013

  • Wrote reports summarizing recent research on regional economic and immigration policies for an international convening on the role of regional governments in shaping migration policy. • Contributed research and translation work to MPI reports, including Thinking Regionally to Compete Globally: Leveraging Migration & Human Capital in the U.S., Mexico, and Central America. • Researched and wrote summaries on immigration policy trends for MPI staff in Washington, DC and Brussels. • Wrote reports summarizing recent research on regional economic and immigration policies for an international convening on the role of regional governments in shaping migration policy. • Contributed research and translation work to MPI reports, including Thinking Regionally to Compete Globally: Leveraging Migration & Human Capital in the U.S., Mexico, and Central America. • Researched and wrote summaries on immigration policy trends for MPI staff in Washington, DC and Brussels.



German Marshall Fund of the United States

• United States
• Think Tanks
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern, Immigration and Integration Program

  • Sep 2012 - Dec 2012

  • Carried out research on local immigrant integration practices in North America and Europe to develop an agenda for an international conference on effective municipal integration policies. • Carried out assorted research tasks as requested by colleagues in Washington, DC and Berlin. • Updated and edited the Fund’s Transatlantic Trends and Transatlantic Trends: Immigration weblogs. • Carried out research on local immigrant integration practices in North America and Europe to develop an agenda for an international conference on effective municipal integration policies. • Carried out assorted research tasks as requested by colleagues in Washington, DC and Berlin. • Updated and edited the Fund’s Transatlantic Trends and Transatlantic Trends: Immigration weblogs.



Federal Trade Commission

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Paralegal Specialist, Bureau of Competition

  • Jan 2010 - Aug 2012



Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

• Spain
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Fulbright Fellow

  • Sep 2008 - Jul 2009

  • Developed a presentation based on my research on the Spanish Constitutional Court’s influence over the legal rights of migrants in Spanish migration policy. • Interviewed over 25 Spanish civil society members, legislators, and academic researchers to understand how Spanish law and jurisprudence shaped the rights of immigrants in Spain. • Oversaw the organization of an academic conference on Spanish immigration issues where my Fulbright colleagues and I presented our research to the Spanish public. Show less



U.S. Department of Justice

• United States
• Law Enforcement
• 700 & Above Employee

• Paralegal Specialist, Antitrust Division

  • Aug 2007 - Aug 2008