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 an Operations and Membership Engagement Associate at ASAP. 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 an Operations and Membership Engagement Associate at ASAP. 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.
Janis Jin
Janis Jin is ASAP’s Membership Systems Director. Janis builds membership tools and mass communication systems accessed by tens of thousands of ASAP members. She brings prior experience in communications, operations, and the digital humanities. Read More.
Janis Jin is ASAP’s Membership Systems Director. Janis builds membership tools and mass communication systems accessed by tens of thousands of ASAP members. She brings prior experience in communications, operations, and the digital humanities. Read More.
Emeizmi Mandagi
Emeizmi Mandagi is an Operations and Membership Engagement Associate at ASAP. Prior to ASAP, she provided programming and research support to the South Asia & Technology and International Affairs Program. Previously, she also provided monitoring and evaluation support for community development projects in the Middle East. Read More.
Emeizmi Mandagi is an Operations and Membership Engagement Associate at ASAP. Prior to ASAP, she provided programming and research support to the South Asia & Technology and International Affairs Program. Previously, she also provided monitoring and evaluation support for community development projects in the Middle East. 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.
Evelyn Núñez
Evelyn Núñez is ASAP’s Online Community Manager. Prior to this role, Evelyn worked as an immigration paralegal and online community coordinator at ASAP, building ASAP’s online community center and offering emergency legal assistance to support asylum seekers. Read More.
Evelyn Núñez is ASAP’s Online Community Manager. Prior to this role, Evelyn worked as an immigration paralegal and online community coordinator at ASAP, building ASAP’s online community center and offering emergency legal assistance to support asylum seekers. 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 Managing Attorney. 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 Managing Attorney. 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.
Erick Romo
Erick Romo is an Operations and Membership Engagement Associate at ASAP. He has experience supporting organizations during periods of high growth as well as in the production and maintenance of mobile and web apps through various roles in technology. Read More.
Erick Romo is an Operations and Membership Engagement Associate at ASAP. He has experience supporting organizations during periods of high growth as well as in the production and maintenance of mobile and web apps through various roles in technology. Read More.
Jun Yi Tan
Jun Yi Tan is ASAP’s Human Resources and Finance Manager. Prior to this role, Jun Yi worked as an Immigration Paralegal at ASAP, assisting asylum seekers across the U.S. with legal interventions in their immigration cases. Jun Yi also previously worked as an immigration paralegal at a private law firm in Texas. Read More.
Jun Yi Tan is ASAP’s Human Resources and Finance Manager. Prior to this role, Jun Yi worked as an Immigration Paralegal at ASAP, assisting asylum seekers across the U.S. with legal interventions in their immigration cases. Jun Yi 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.
Ngan Tran
Ngan Tran is ASAP’s Software Engineer. Her background is in life sciences; she has a B.S. in Biological Sciences and a Masters in Biomedical Sciences. She hopes to apply her background in research and her knowledge in computing to contribute to helping solve real-world problems. Read More.
Ngan Tran is ASAP’s Software Engineer. Her background is in life sciences; she has a B.S. in Biological Sciences and a Masters in Biomedical Sciences. She hopes to apply her background in research and her knowledge in computing to contribute to helping solve real-world problems. 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 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 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.
Daniel Yadin
Daniel Yadin is ASAP’s Development and Communications Associate. Prior to joining ASAP, Daniel worked in the Office of Advancement and External Affairs at the Yale Center for British Art. He has also worked as a journalist covering immigration and domestic labor, among other topics. Read More.
Daniel Yadin is ASAP’s Development and Communications Associate. Prior to joining ASAP, Daniel worked in the Office of Advancement and External Affairs at the Yale Center for British Art. He has also worked as a journalist covering immigration and domestic labor, among other topics. 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.
