Experience

United Way of Metro Chicago
• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Community Impact Intern

  • Aug 2023 - Present


Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago

• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Title I Academic Coach

  • Aug 2022 - May 2023

  •Work with elementary and middle school students to develop and build their executive functioning skills. •Plan weekly session activities for 18 1st through 7th-grade students who struggle with various aspects of the academic experience. •Create individual assessment plans for each student, record weekly case notes, and provide parents with progress reports. •Collaborate with parents and teachers to develop and implement student assessment plans. •Work with elementary and middle school students to develop and build their executive functioning skills. •Plan weekly session activities for 18 1st through 7th-grade students who struggle with various aspects of the academic experience. •Create individual assessment plans for each student, record weekly case notes, and provide parents with progress reports. •Collaborate with parents and teachers to develop and implement student assessment plans.



Robinson+Cole

• United States
• Law Practice
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Immigration Paralegal

  • Oct 2020 - Jun 2022

  •Provide legal support to partners and associates in the Business Immigration Practice Group in a fast-paced, high-volume, and deadline-driven environment.•Gather necessary supporting documentation and information from clients and their employees, draft immigrant and/or nonimmigrant petitions/applications, and submit the final product to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and U.S. Consulates and Embassies worldwide for review and adjudication.•Perform document review, analyze and summarize an employee’s immigration history in the U.S., and advise clients on what support documentation and information will be required for a given case.•Research prevailing wage information, prepare prevailing wage requests to be submitted to the Department of Labor (DOL) for PERM applications and prepare Labor Condition Applications to be submitted to the DOL for H-1B, H-1B1, and E-3 petitions. •Draft letters of support, responses to Requests for Additional Evidence, affidavits, and other correspondence.•Train new team members to draft H-1B and L-1 petitions from start to finish. •Responsible for case management of an average of 15 active cases at a time and have filed over 500 petitions/applications with USCIS.•Work on the following case types: H-1B, H-1B1, E-3, TN (1&2), L-1A, L-1B, L Blanket, Corresponding Dependent Applications, Adjustment of Status (Employment and Family Based), Travel Authorization, Work Authorization, PERM, I-140 (Managerial and Advanced Degree). Show less

• Immigration Coordinator

  • Nov 2019 - Oct 2020

  •Prepared withdrawal requests, premium processing upgrade requests, and responses to Requests for Additional Evidence.•Worked with outside vendors to obtain translations or education evaluations.•Tracked status expiration dates and regularly followed up with clients regarding the same and outstanding items for ongoing cases.•Contacted USCIS regarding case changes or issues (i.e., address change, typographical error, expiration or start date error)•Trained new team members how to analyze documentation in order to figure out an employee’s status expiration date and their status maximum date. Show less



Hussain, Bendersky and Liston, LLC

• Immigration Paralegal

  • Feb 2018 - Jul 2019

  •Acted as a direct client contact and guided each employee through his or her respective visa process from start to finish; gathering necessary support documentation, drafting the petition or application, and submitting them to the USCIS. •Researched prevailing wage information for H-1B, H-1B1, and E-3 petitions and prepared corresponding Labor Condition Applications to be submitted to the DOL. •Prepared client files and documents for their final review with USCIS prior to being approved for a Green Card. •Managed an average of 15 active cases at a time consisting of nonimmigrant, immigrant, and other case types. •Completed end-to-end case processing for half of the FY 2020 U.S. H-1B Visa CAP Lottery caseload (75+ cases). Show less



Fragomen

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Paralegal

  • Jun 2016 - Jan 2018

  •Worked closely with clients and their employees, responding to daily correspondence regarding ongoing cases and providing weekly excel status updates. •Gathered and assembled documentation from employees and prepared their work visa petitions to be filed with USCIS. •Supported data requests for internal audits. •Reviewed contract documents for use in petitions and government responses. •Trained new team members how to prepare wide range of applications and petitions and how to obtain correct documentation for each one. Show less



EverThrive Illinois

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • May 2015 - Aug 2015

  •Researched, compiled, and analyzed data on successful infant immunization programs in the United States. •Developed target list of WIC agencies, public aid offices, healthy start centers, and social service organizations that would benefit from EverThrive services. •Supported immunization awareness workshops in the Chicago metropolitan area. •Researched, compiled, and analyzed data on successful infant immunization programs in the United States. •Developed target list of WIC agencies, public aid offices, healthy start centers, and social service organizations that would benefit from EverThrive services. •Supported immunization awareness workshops in the Chicago metropolitan area.



BMT InfoNet

• United States
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Office Assistant

  • Jan 2013 - Jan 2014

  •Provided customer service to transplant patients and survivors. •Communicated with transplant centers to verify contact information. •Entered new data and updated existing records in Access database. •Provided customer service to transplant patients and survivors. •Communicated with transplant centers to verify contact information. •Entered new data and updated existing records in Access database.