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Our Team

Abja Midha

Abja Midha, Executive Director

Abja Midha is the Executive Director of VOLS and is passionate about partnering with the private bar and community-based organizations to close the access to justice gap for New Yorkers. An experienced litigator, Abja has represented immigrant families seeking English Language Learner and special education services for their children, as well as immigrant survivors of gender-based violence. She was a litigation associate at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler and clerked for the Honorable Charles P. Sifton in United States District Court, Eastern District of New York.

Nela Abey

Development and Communications Coordinator

Nick Aquino

Staff Attorney, Microenterprise Project

Sofia Aslan

Immigrant Justice Corps Community Fellow

Amy Bonderoff

Director, Development & Communications

Jaime Balbuena Hernandez

Immigrant Justice Corps Fellow, Immigration Project

Sadie Cook

Legal Assistant
Adama Fonah

Adama Fonah

Pro Bono Specialist
Crystal Giron

Crystal Giron

Staff Attorney, Immigration Project

Rowan Groom

Bilingual Legal Assistant, Immigration Project

Ja’Voris Hubbard

Development and Communications Coordinator
Peter Kempner

Peter Kempner

Legal Director

Olivia (Liv) Pickard

Staff Attorney & Equal Justice Works Fellow
Tori Roseman

Tori Roseman

Staff Attorney, Benefits Law Project

Keighly Rector

Director, Immigration Project

Jean Stevens

Supervising Attorney, Housing and Benefits Law

Karen L. Santana

Office Manager

Andrea Tan

Director, Microenterprise Project
Stephanie Taylor

Stephanie Taylor

Director, Incarcerated Mothers Law Project and Benefits Law Project
Elisa Tustian

Elisa Tustian

Director, Senior Law Project
Alyssa Villareal

Alyssa Villareal

Senior Staff Attorney, Senior Law Project

Yan “Yuyan” Yu

Staff Attorney, Senior Law Project
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