Experience

MALDEF - Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Legislative Attorney

  • May 2022 - Present

The Board of Education of the City of Chicago
• Policy Advisor

  • Aug 2019 - May 2022


Illinois Pollution Control Board

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Attorney Advisor

  • Mar 2019 - Aug 2019

• Attorney Advisor to Board Member Carrie Zalewski

  • Jan 2018 - Mar 2019



Illinois Commerce Commission

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Legal and Policy Advisor to Commissioner Miguel del Valle, Illinois Commerce Commission

  • Sep 2013 - Dec 2017

  Legal research, writing, and consultation on matters of Illinois administrative law, IL Public Utilities Act, IL Commercial Transportation Law, U.S. Energy Policy Act, and any other state and federal laws that affect Commerce Commission policy. Develop policy initiatives for consumer protection, ratepayer benefits resulting from the IL Energy Infrastructure Modernization Act of 2012, and outreach initiatives targeting the Latino population in IL. Draft language for the IL Administrative Code and Commission Orders. Show less


O'Donoghue & O'Donoghue, LLP
• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Law Clerk

  • Sep 2012 - Sep 2013

Pennsylvania Legal Assistance Farmworker Project
• Law Clerk

  • Jan 2012 - May 2013


Working Hands Legal Clinic

• Peggy Browning Summer Fellow

  • May 2012 - Jul 2012

  Law Clerk for nonprofit, low wage worker advocacy law firm. Drafted legal briefs for motions in federal and state court. Legal research on issues ranging from class action related civil procedure, federal and state employment law, state tort law, and constitutional claims. Sat in on settlement negotiations. Prepared responses to discovery requests, as well as drafted interrogatories and document requests. Law Clerk for nonprofit, low wage worker advocacy law firm. Drafted legal briefs for motions in federal and state court. Legal research on issues ranging from class action related civil procedure, federal and state employment law, state tort law, and constitutional claims. Sat in on settlement negotiations. Prepared responses to discovery requests, as well as drafted interrogatories and document requests.



Brishen Rogers, Temple University Beasley School of Law

• Research Assistant

  • Sep 2011 - Jan 2012

  Research project investigating the transformation of worker representation in the "global south," mirroring the development of worker centers in the United States. The investigation consists of legal research, reading foreign language newspaper, and corresponding directly with organizations and agencies abroad. Research project investigating the transformation of worker representation in the "global south," mirroring the development of worker centers in the United States. The investigation consists of legal research, reading foreign language newspaper, and corresponding directly with organizations and agencies abroad.



Friends of Farmworkers, Inc

• Legal Intern

  • Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  Handled client intakes; prepared demand letters for wage theft claims; conducted legal research on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and National Labor Relations Board; prepared and gave three trainings on the Department of Justice's Office of Special Counsel on Immigration-Related Employment Discrimination ­ statutory provisions and filing a complaint. Handled client intakes; prepared demand letters for wage theft claims; conducted legal research on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and National Labor Relations Board; prepared and gave three trainings on the Department of Justice's Office of Special Counsel on Immigration-Related Employment Discrimination ­ statutory provisions and filing a complaint.



St. Augustine College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Analyst

  • Jan 2009 - Aug 2010

  Responded to various external and internal requests for institutional information. Collected, assembled, and analyzed various institutional data. Drafted annual reports to the Department of Education and Illinois Board of Higher Education. Performed English- Spanish translations. Responded to various external and internal requests for institutional information. Collected, assembled, and analyzed various institutional data. Drafted annual reports to the Department of Education and Illinois Board of Higher Education. Performed English- Spanish translations.