Experience

PAIR Project

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Legal Director

  • Jul 2019 - Present

• Detention Attorney

  • Apr 2015 - Present

  Respond to the need of unrepresented, indigent non-citizens currently or previously in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security. Represent clients before the Department of Homeland Security, in Immigration Court, and before the Board of Immigration Appeals. Train, supervise, and mentor pro bono attorneys on various forms of immigration relief available to detainees. Organize “Know Your Rights” presentations in immigration detention facilities.

• Boston University Public Service Fellow

  • Sep 2014 - Mar 2015

  Represent minor clients before the Probate and Family Courts, EOIR, and USCIS. Prepared various applications for clients, such as Petitions for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, adjustment of status, employment authorization, and Probate and Family Court complaints. Train, supervise, and mentor pro bono attorneys.



Boston University Civil Litigation Program - Immigrants' Rights Clinic

• Certified 3:03 Student Attorney

  • Sep 2012 - May 2014

  Represent indigent clients before EOIR, USCIS, and Probate and Family Court. Draft client affidavits, supporting affidavits, memoranda of law, motions, and pleadings to be filed in support of clients' cases. Perform client intakes, counsel clients on available relief options, help clients enroll in school, find shelter, and assist in enrolling them in counseling and other social programs. Represent indigent clients before EOIR, USCIS, and Probate and Family Court. Draft client affidavits, supporting affidavits, memoranda of law, motions, and pleadings to be filed in support of clients' cases. Perform client intakes, counsel clients on available relief options, help clients enroll in school, find shelter, and assist in enrolling them in counseling and other social programs.