I taught in the Immigrant Justice Clinic (which handles complex immigration removal and immigrant rights cases) and am a professor of Immigration Law.

Build program for serving immigrants by creating and leading community trainings in Spanish and English, leading immigrant-related advocacy work, and supervising staff and pro bono casework.Represent immigrant survivors of domestic violence in their immigration cases, including VAWA petitions, U visas, T visas and Asylum cases; represent immigrant clients in family law matters.

Led CASA's anti- trafficking work, including direct representation of human trafficking survivors, state and local advocacy work, and public education efforts.Represented domestic workers and day laborers in negotiations and civil lawsuits for unpaid wages, particularly individuals working for diplomats or employees of international organizations. Identified and served victims of human trafficking in Maryland; provided civil legal representation in state and federal courts to trafficking victims and exploited domestic workers; worked with media to publicize the problem of trafficking in Maryland; educated law enforcement, service providers and immigrant community organizations about trafficking.Provided legal counsel to the women's group Mujeres Buscando Justicia, and did legal work related to their campaign for a Bill of Rights for domestic workers in Montgomery County (passed in 2008).

ABA Commission on Immigration

Analyzed regional trends, events and security considerations for executives, and for policy and domestic outreach divisions; worked with African and United States Bishops' Conferences to act on opportunities for Congo, Angola and Sudan.Secured and administered US Government grants for five West African countries (proposal review, negotiation with donors, ongoing administration) and recruited for entire West Africa region.Designed and conducted 11 French-language strategic planning workshops for CRS partners, and guided the Benin country program through the early states of developing its 5-year strategic plan.Managed two micro-finance projects serving approximately 2500 women. Coordinated external impact evaluation of one small enterprise development project. Worked primarily in French.

Analyzed project implementation trends, mapped regional portfolio activity, developed tools used to monitor project performance, tracked portfolio commitments and co-financing relationships.Drafted policy papers for the President of Mali, wrote official correspondence with Ministers, created a mission statement and a communications strategy for the Resident Mission, and developed a series of brochures to publicize World Bank work in each sector of its Mali portfolio.Conducted an in-depth analysis of the World Bank's experience of participation and beneficiary assessments in its Mali portfolio, and reported on potential areas for expansion and improvement.

Developed a UNDP funding plan to begin community-based civic education in Malawi. Analyzed all existing civic education activities in Malawi, and worked with other government officials, donors and NGOs to coordinate these activities.

Lobbied Congress, tracked Africa-related legislation, and analyzed the hunger-impact of proposed legislation. Prepared issue papers for 45,000 members on Bread for the World policy positions and coordinated a lobby day for the campaign Africa: Crisis to Opportunity.