Manuel R. Email and Phone Number

• Provide day-to-day programmatic support to the implementation of donor-funded programs in coordination with field offices and support divisions in Latin America• Prepare and monitor program work plans and technical deliverables• Prepare quarterly, annual, and final program reports• Conduct first review of field office financial reports• Conduct research and prepare country profiles & briefing memoranda• Develop technical and cost proposals for programs related to court excellence, court administration, anti-corruption, and access to justice

• Conducted intake with unaccompanied immigrant children (UAC) seeking asylum to determine pro se eligibility under Catholic Charities’ standards• Prepared and revised pro se asylum applications for UACs lacking legal representation• Delivered biweekly individual and group legal orientations to sponsors of UACs in removal proceedings• Called 45+ sponsors of UACs per week to raise awareness of the legal information available through the Legal Orientation Program for Custodians of Unaccompanied Children (LOPC)• Conducted daily case management, followed-up and provided internal and external referrals for UAC clients in need of further legal counsel, or housing assistance• Collected and analyzed data on LOPC orientation attendance to improve program participation rates

• Conducted legal and interdisciplinary research on Poverty, Inequality and Climate Change in the context of Human Mobility in Central America & Mexico for the VI Annual Report of the Special Rapporteurship on Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights (REDESCA) of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), 2022

• Conducted legal research as a part of an interdisciplinary team that designed, administered, and analyzed countrywide surveys about access to and use of public and political spaces for religious purposes by faith-based communities in Cuba

• Oversaw operations and planning for the International Economic Fair of Havana for foreign investors, including budget management, coordination with providers and contractors, and processing payments.