About Us
Board of Directors
Kehinde Durowade
ElevateNext Law
Tori Bobryk
King and Spaulding
Daniel Raymer
Proskauer Rose LLP
Natallie Santana
Cipolla Law Group
Tanya Hampton
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Leadership
Laura J Hoover
Executive Director
Licensed Attorney
Our Staff
Catherine Arnpriester
Staff Attorney
Unaccompanied Minors
Chasidy Clark
Staff Attorney
Afghan Nationals
Brigitte Kocheny, J.D.
Staff Attorney
Asylum, Minors, and Removal Defense
Kristen Wolfram
Staff Attorney
Guardianship/Domestic Relations
Joshua Filani
Student Staff Attorney
Afghan Nationals
Oscar Franco
Student Staff Attorney
Unaccompanied Minors
Julisa Garcia
Student Staff Attorney
Unaccompanied Minors
Maria Roman Garcia
Student Staff Attorney
Unaccompanied Minors
Haya Muhammad
Student Staff Attorney
Victims of Crime
Lindsey Sanderson
Student Staff Attorney
Victims of Crime
Amanda Ortiz
Student Staff Attorney
Unaccompanied Minors
Daniela Velasquez-Laverde
Student Staff Attorney
Unaccompanied Minors
Jennifer Vazquez
Senior Law Clerk
Briseida Astorga
Law Clerk
Victims of Crime
Ariana Mendoza
Law Clerk
Rapid Response/Recent Arrivals
Emily Perez
Law Clerk
Laura Pérez
Law Clerk
Andrés Rizo
Law Clerk
Unaccompanied Minors
Palwasha Sanie
Law Clerk
Afghan Nationals
Karina Serna
Law Clerk
Alejandro Bello
Social Services Clerk
Unaccompanied Minors
Jaime Alberto Ortiz Zavala
Paralegal
Unaccompanied Minors
Rodolfo René
Paralegal
Unaccompanied Minors
Viridiana Jimenez Manzanarez
Receptionist/Intake Specialist
Gabriella Cruz
Practice Management Specialist
Marco Ortiz
Grant Finance and Data Manager
Sarah Phelps
Program Manager
Lina Perez
Social Worker
Maireli Uribe
Social Worker
Student Interns from the following schools:
Chicago-Kent College of Law
University of Illinois at Chicago
Northwestern University
Concordia University
DePaul University
New England Law | Boston
Loyola University Chicago
University of Chicago
Our Supporters
Grants
