Marilyn Alvarado
Marilyn Alvarado is ASAP’s Organizer & Membership Engagement Manager. She is a native New Yorker and the daughter of a Salvadoran mother and a Honduran father. She is a first-generation college graduate from CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Read More.
Marilyn Alvarado is ASAP’s Organizer & Membership Engagement Manager. She is a native New Yorker and the daughter of a Salvadoran mother and a Honduran father. She is a first-generation college graduate from CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Read More.
Conchita Cruz
Co-founder Conchita Cruz is ASAP’s Co-Executive Director. Prior to law school, Conchita served as Deputy Chief of Staff to U.S. Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) and as Chief of Staff for State Senator Gustavo Rivera of the Bronx. Conchita has worked as a policy and political advisor for progressive local, state, and federal candidates. Read More.
Co-founder Conchita Cruz is ASAP’s Co-Executive Director. Prior to law school, Conchita served as Deputy Chief of Staff to U.S. Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) and as Chief of Staff for State Senator Gustavo Rivera of the Bronx. Conchita has worked as a policy and political advisor for progressive local, state, and federal candidates. Read More.
Veronica Fernandez-Diaz
Veronica Fernandez-Diaz is ASAP’s Operations and Membership Engagement Associate. Prior to joining ASAP, Veronica worked at the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative, where she supported people across detention centers in Louisiana through legal aid, emotional support, and other forms of advocacy. Read More.
Veronica Fernandez-Diaz is ASAP’s Operations and Membership Engagement Associate. Prior to joining ASAP, Veronica worked at the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative, where she supported people across detention centers in Louisiana through legal aid, emotional support, and other forms of advocacy. Read More.
Cristina Gil
Cristina Gil is a Law Clerk at ASAP. She earned her B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Sociology from Georgetown University. She received her J.D. from American University Washington College of Law. While studying at Georgetown, she served as a legal aid intern at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. Read More.
Cristina Gil is a Law Clerk at ASAP. She earned her B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Sociology from Georgetown University. She received her J.D. from American University Washington College of Law. While studying at Georgetown, she served as a legal aid intern at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. Read More.
Amit Jain
Amit Jain is Litigation and Policy Counsel at ASAP. He previously worked as a public defender at The Bronx Defenders, where he represented hundreds of clients in criminal court and co-created a database of COVID-19 court decisions for advocates. Read more.
Amit Jain is Litigation and Policy Counsel at ASAP. He previously worked as a public defender at The Bronx Defenders, where he represented hundreds of clients in criminal court and co-created a database of COVID-19 court decisions for advocates. Read more.
Janis Jin
Janis Jin is ASAP’s Membership Systems Manager. Janis helps to build and maintain mass communication systems and other digital tools accessed by tens of thousands of ASAP members. Read More.
Janis Jin is ASAP’s Membership Systems Manager. Janis helps to build and maintain mass communication systems and other digital tools accessed by tens of thousands of ASAP members. Read More.
Zachary Manfredi
Zachary (Zak) Manfredi is ASAP’s Litigation and Advocacy Director. Zak oversees ASAP’s litigation matters and policy advocacy, and he often represents ASAP in strategic partnerships and coalitions. Read More.
Zachary (Zak) Manfredi is ASAP’s Litigation and Advocacy Director. Zak oversees ASAP’s litigation matters and policy advocacy, and he often represents ASAP in strategic partnerships and coalitions. Read More.
Natalia Meade
Natalia Meade is a Law Clerk at ASAP. She graduated magna cum laude from Texas A&M University with a degree in Political Science, and received her J.D. from American University Washington College of Law. While in law school, she advocated for immigrant communities with the Central American Resource Center. Read More.
Natalia Meade is a Law Clerk at ASAP. She graduated magna cum laude from Texas A&M University with a degree in Political Science, and received her J.D. from American University Washington College of Law. While in law school, she advocated for immigrant communities with the Central American Resource Center. Read More.
Dennise Moreno
Litigation Counsel Dennise Moreno is an Equal Justice Works Fellow sponsored by Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. Dennise earned a B.A. in psychology with a concentration in neuroscience from Yale University in 2014, and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 2017. Read More.
Litigation Counsel Dennise Moreno is an Equal Justice Works Fellow sponsored by Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP. Dennise earned a B.A. in psychology with a concentration in neuroscience from Yale University in 2014, and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 2017. Read More.
Jasmina Nogo
Jasmina Nogo is a Staff Attorney at ASAP. Prior to joining ASAP, she worked as an immigration attorney at the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project and as an education attorney at Advocates for Children’s Services, a statewide education justice project of Legal Aid of North Carolina.
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Jasmina Nogo is a Staff Attorney at ASAP. Prior to joining ASAP, she worked as an immigration attorney at the Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project and as an education attorney at Advocates for Children’s Services, a statewide education justice project of Legal Aid of North Carolina.
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Evelyn Núñez
Immigration Paralegal Evelyn Núñez joined ASAP’s team to manage and build ASAP’s online community center. Prior to joining ASAP, Evelyn worked as a litigation paralegal for the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs in Washington, D.C. supporting lawsuits filed by immigrant clients enforcing their civil rights. Read More.
Immigration Paralegal Evelyn Núñez joined ASAP’s team to manage and build ASAP’s online community center. Prior to joining ASAP, Evelyn worked as a litigation paralegal for the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs in Washington, D.C. supporting lawsuits filed by immigrant clients enforcing their civil rights. Read More.
Leidy Perez-Davis
Leidy Perez-Davis is ASAP’s Senior Policy and Immigration Counsel. Most recently, Leidy was a Senior Attorney with the Kids In Need of Defense (KIND) Family Separation Team where she represented separated children and their families. Prior to KIND, Leidy worked for the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) national office as a Policy Counsel. Read More.
Leidy Perez-Davis is ASAP’s Senior Policy and Immigration Counsel. Most recently, Leidy was a Senior Attorney with the Kids In Need of Defense (KIND) Family Separation Team where she represented separated children and their families. Prior to KIND, Leidy worked for the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) national office as a Policy Counsel. Read More.
Anne Recinos
Anne Recinos is ASAP’s Co-Legal Director. Prior to joining ASAP, Anne worked at the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP), providing direct representation and pro se assistance to individuals detained in Tacoma, WA. From 2015-2017, Anne was an Equal Justice Works Fellow at the New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice. Read More.
Anne Recinos is ASAP’s Co-Legal Director. Prior to joining ASAP, Anne worked at the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP), providing direct representation and pro se assistance to individuals detained in Tacoma, WA. From 2015-2017, Anne was an Equal Justice Works Fellow at the New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice. Read More.
Swapna Reddy
Co-founder Swapna Reddy is ASAP’s Co-Executive Director. Prior to law school, she conducted technical and empirical research for the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the Indianapolis Colts, and more. Read More.
Co-founder Swapna Reddy is ASAP’s Co-Executive Director. Prior to law school, she conducted technical and empirical research for the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the Indianapolis Colts, and more. Read More.
Nicole Tan
Nicole Tan is ASAP’s Human Resources and Finance Manager. Prior to this role, Nicole worked as an Immigration Paralegal at ASAP, assisting asylum seekers across the U.S. with legal interventions in their immigration cases. Nicole also previously worked as an immigration paralegal at a private law firm in Texas. Read More.
Nicole Tan is ASAP’s Human Resources and Finance Manager. Prior to this role, Nicole worked as an Immigration Paralegal at ASAP, assisting asylum seekers across the U.S. with legal interventions in their immigration cases. Nicole also previously worked as an immigration paralegal at a private law firm in Texas. Read More.
Dorothy Tegeler
Co-founder Dorothy Tegeler is ASAP’s Deputy Executive Director. Prior to joining ASAP, Dorothy worked for five years as Editor and Assistant Director of the health education nonprofit Hesperian Health Guides, publisher of Where There Is No Doctor. She also has a background in organizing for domestic worker rights and disability justice. Read More.
Co-founder Dorothy Tegeler is ASAP’s Deputy Executive Director. Prior to joining ASAP, Dorothy worked for five years as Editor and Assistant Director of the health education nonprofit Hesperian Health Guides, publisher of Where There Is No Doctor. She also has a background in organizing for domestic worker rights and disability justice. Read More.
Michelle Villegas
Michelle Villegas is a Staff Attorney with ASAP. Prior to joining ASAP, Michelle clerked with the Julia M Toro Immigration Law Firm and worked as a paralegal with Ayuda, a nonprofit serving Washington, D.C./Maryland area survivors of crime with immigration and family legal services. Read More.
Michelle Villegas is a Staff Attorney with ASAP. Prior to joining ASAP, Michelle clerked with the Julia M Toro Immigration Law Firm and worked as a paralegal with Ayuda, a nonprofit serving Washington, D.C./Maryland area survivors of crime with immigration and family legal services. Read More.
Liz Willis
Co-founder Liz Willis is ASAP’s Co-Legal Director. She has worked with asylum seekers in the United States and abroad, with a focus on working with Latin American and Latinx communities. Prior to law school, Liz researched Latin American refugee policy at Asylum Access in Quito, Ecuador. Read More.
Co-founder Liz Willis is ASAP’s Co-Legal Director. She has worked with asylum seekers in the United States and abroad, with a focus on working with Latin American and Latinx communities. Prior to law school, Liz researched Latin American refugee policy at Asylum Access in Quito, Ecuador. Read More.
Yidan Zeng (曾一丹)
Yidan Zeng (曾一丹) is ASAP’s Technology and Web Associate who ensures that all communication channels are safe, secure, and easily accessible to those who use them. She is passionate about how power and agency can be horizontally distributed, with and without technology. Read More.
Yidan Zeng (曾一丹) is ASAP’s Technology and Web Associate who ensures that all communication channels are safe, secure, and easily accessible to those who use them. She is passionate about how power and agency can be horizontally distributed, with and without technology. Read More.
