Our Team
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
Pro Bono Specialist
Crystal Giron
Staff Attorney, Immigration Project
Rowan Groom
Bilingual Legal Assistant, Immigration Project
Ja’Voris Hubbard
Development and Communications Coordinator
Peter Kempner
Legal Director
Olivia (Liv) Pickard
Staff Attorney & Equal Justice Works Fellow
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
Director, Incarcerated Mothers Law Project and Benefits Law Project
Elisa Tustian
Director, Senior Law Project
Alyssa Villareal
Senior Staff Attorney, Senior Law Project
Yan “Yuyan” Yu
Staff Attorney, Senior Law Project