Maria has worked at several international humanitarian assistance non-profit organization around the world. In 2003, she founded RIF.

Maria has a decade of experience in of humanitarian relief work such as: managing large relief programs for global NGOs such as Action Against Hunger (ACF) and IRC in large-scale humanitarian crisis-affected by war.

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Lili has an M.A. in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies from University of London, and has spent the past six years working in immigration and public defense.

Martha is a first-year law student at Brooklyn Law school. She speaks Spanish.

Ashlyn holds an M.A. in Urban Studies, Public Policy, and Administration from the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies.

Tanzilya is a NYS-licensed Master Social Worker. After a career in civil society development abroad, in Uzbekistan and South Africa, since 2010 she has worked in New York in the area of immigrant services.

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Madelyn Miller, PhD, LCSW, works with adult survivors of trauma and loss in her psychotherapy practice and community work and teaches and trains on these issues.

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Fabienne has many years of experience working with RIF providing asylum orientation and reviewing asylum applications on a case-by-case basis. She speaks French and English.

Carol speaks French and English. She reviews asylum applications on a case-by-case basis.

Esteban is a consulting attorney with RIF’s legal team. A graduate of the NYU School of Law, Esteban has spent the entirety of their legal career advocating for immigrants’ rights in a variety of contexts, but they are proudest of the pro bono work they’ve done on behalf of Central American victims of gender violence.

Amir graduated from CUNY School of Law where he was a Haywood Burns Fellow in Civil and Human Rights.

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