Experience

The Immigration Project

• United States
• Legal Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Staff Attorney

  • Apr 2021 - Present

  Provide legal services to unaccompanied minors who are, or have been, in federal custody under the Office of Refugee Resettlement.

• Summer Legal Intern

  • Jun 2020 - Mar 2021

  Legal research, fact gathering and investigation, motions practice, affidavit and brief writing, representation of clients at every stage of immigration proceedings. Assisted attorneys in clients representation of naturalization, adjustment of status, Asylum, U visas and VAWA visas.



University of Illinois College of Law

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Epstein International Health Law Ambassador

  • Oct 2019 - Dec 2020

  Researcher in non-discrimination topics, child welfare, LGTB rights and religion liberties, COVID-19 lockdown policies, guidelines, and people’s access to civil and basic rights to COVID-19 practices and the overall situation in the U.S. and the rest of the world.

• Student Attorney

  • Jan 2020 - May 2020

  Client interviewing and counseling, legal research, fact gathering and investigation, motions practice, affidavit and brief writing, representation of clients at every stage of immigration proceedings, and case file management and documentation. Appear and assisted in the Chicago Asylum Office and USCIS administrative proceedings. Gave presentations to educate community members in Champaign and Urbana regarding the current state of immigration law.



Buitrón Viveros y Asociados

• Associate Attorney - Labor & Employment Law

  • Feb 2016 - Jul 2019

  Legal adviser to business owners, human resources professionals and employees on workplace concerns, including leave and accommodation, discrimination, retaliation, and wage and hour issues. Litigant defending clients in labor and employment matters. Focus on workplace safety and health. Experience representing clients in trial and mediations. Assisted clients with collective bargaining agreements with trade unions. Legal adviser to business owners, human resources professionals and employees on workplace concerns, including leave and accommodation, discrimination, retaliation, and wage and hour issues. Litigant defending clients in labor and employment matters. Focus on workplace safety and health. Experience representing clients in trial and mediations. Assisted clients with collective bargaining agreements with trade unions.