Sandra Arias is the Legal Assistant for the Immigration Project at VOLS. Prior to VOLS, Sandra worked at the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC), a nationwide coalition as Partnership Manager where she fostered relationships with coalition members and organizations in the serious illness space. Sandra also previously worked as a Bilingual Paralegal Advocate at My Sisters’ Place in Westchester County, NY assisting survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking with their immigration and family law cases.
A native New Yorker and a first-generation daughter of immigrants, Sandra is passionate about advocating for immigrant and under-resourced communities. Sandra holds a B.A. in Criminal Justice with minors in Spanish and Psychology from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C.