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Who We Are
Leadership & Staff
Leadership & Staff
Kim Sweet
Executive Director
Matthew Lenaghan
Deputy Director
Karen Alves
Senior Education Specialist, Helpline
Diana Aragundi
Staff Attorney, Immigrant Students' Rights Project
Michael Arrington
Law Graduate and Education Collaborative Manager, Project Achieve
Melissa Atkinson
Administrative Assistant
Betty Baez Melo
Director, Early Childhood Education Project
Anna Brehm
Advocate, Robin Hood Project
Janyll Canals-Kernizan
Director, Robin Hood Project
Vanessa Collado
Human Resources Manager
Lilliana Díaz-Pedrosa
Director, AFC Parent Center
Michelle Eaton
Senior Education Specialist, Project Achieve
Juliet Eisenstein
Staff Attorney, Postsecondary Readiness Project
Daniela Garcia-Casares
Education Specialist, Helpline
Oriana Golfarini
Social Work Manager & Transition Specialist, Postsecondary Readiness Project
Ivette Greenblatt
Director of Development
Allison Guttu
Supervising Staff Attorney and Senior Pro Bono Coordinator
Malika Harris
Director of Equity and Impact
Karen Herrera
Parent Center Advocate
Diana Imbert
Staff Attorney, Early Childhood Education Project
Beata Jarosz
Senior Development Associate
Ptahra Jeppe
Staff Attorney, Charter Schools
Brianna Kitchelt
Staff Attorney, Impact Litigation and Direct Services
Anne Klein
Director of Operations
Randi Levine
Policy Director
Kimberly Madden
Director of Family Support
Pamela Mendez
Law Graduate, Project Achieve
Maggie Moroff
Senior Special Education Policy Coordinator
Daniela Nauffal
Staff Attorney, Robin Hood Project
Jacqueline Ontaneda
Helpline Project Director
Romi Paek
Director, Project Thrive
Erika Palmer
Supervising Attorney
Sarah Part
Policy Analyst
Andrea Picon
Senior Education Specialist, Helpline
Jennifer Pringle
Director, Project LIT
Karoline Quiros
Senior Education Specialist and Administrative Coordinator, Helpline
Advaita Rao-Sharma
Legal Assistant and Data Coordinator
Isabella Rieke
Communications Manager
Rita Rodriguez-Engberg
Director, Immigrant Students' Rights Project
Rebecca Shore
Director of Litigation
Rohini Singh
Assistant Director, School Justice Project
Anasofia Trelles
Advocate, Project LIT
Edgar Trinidad
Assistant Director of Development
Nicole Wallach
Staff Attorney, Immigrant Students' Rights Project
Matthew Winter
Administrative Assistant
Dawn Yuster
Director, School Justice Project