Conchita Cruz
Co-founder
Co-Executive Director
Conchita previously served as Deputy Chief of Staff to U.S. Congressman Jared Polis (D-CO) and as Chief of Staff for State Senator Gustavo Rivera of the Bronx.
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Veronica Fernandez-Diaz
Operations and Membership Engagement Associate
Prior to joining ASAP, Veronica worked at the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative, where she supported people across detention centers in Louisiana through legal aid, emotional support, and other forms of advocacy.
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Bradley Jenkins
Senior Litigation Counsel
Bradley represents asylum seekers in ASAP’s strategic litigation. Prior to joining ASAP, Bradley worked for the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC).
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Janis Jin
Membership Services Director
Janis oversees ASAP’s online membership resources and mass communication systems. She brings prior experience in communications, operations, and the digital humanities.
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George Lama
IT Director
George brings 15 years of IT leadership experience in non-profit organizations, in addition to years of experience in technical training, instructional design and content development.
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Joanne Lee
Community Resources Attorney
Joanne creates accessible content for ASAP’s growing membership. Prior to joining ASAP, Joanne was a supervising immigration attorney at Gulfcoast Legal Services, a legal aid organization in Tampa Bay, FL. She provided community outreach and direct legal services for immigrants.
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Emeizmi Mandagi
Operations and Membership Engagement Associate
Prior to ASAP, she provided programming and research support to the South Asia & Technology and International Affairs Program. Previously, she also provided monitoring and evaluation support for community development projects in the Middle East.
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Zachary Manfredi
Litigation and Advocacy Director
Zachary (Zak) oversees ASAP’s litigation matters and policy advocacy, and he often represents ASAP in strategic partnerships and coalitions.
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Cristina Moreno
Law Clerk and Skadden fellow
Cristina works in the Systemic Reform Department at ASAP. Prior to law school, Cristina worked as a Legislative & Policy Associate at the Immigration Hub.
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Evelyn Núñez
Online Community Manager
Prior to this role, Evelyn worked as an immigration paralegal and online community coordinator at ASAP, building ASAP’s online community center and offering emergency legal assistance to support asylum seekers.
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Eric Hoshang Pavri
Community Resources Attorney
Eric shares information to guide asylum seekers as they pursue their immigration legal processes. Prior to joining ASAP, Eric was the director of a nonprofit immigration law office at Catholic Charities of Central Colorado.
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Swapna Reddy
Co-founder
Co-Executive Director
Prior to law school, Swapna conducted technical and empirical research for the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the Indianapolis Colts, and more.
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Barbara Shi
Executive Assistant
Prior to joining ASAP, Barbara worked on publishing history books at Princeton University Press, and volunteered with Borderlinks and No More Deaths, social services organizations in Tucson, Arizona.
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Ming Tanigawa-Lau
Litigation Staff Attorney
Ming is a Justice Catalyst fellow and litigation staff attorney at ASAP. Prior to law school, Ming worked as a child advocate at a domestic violence shelter and as a family law paralegal with the Legal Aid Society of Hawaiʻi. She also lived in Trujillo, Peru, teaching music at Arpegio Peru, a community-based music school.
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Dorothy Tegeler
Co-founder
Deputy Executive Director
Prior to joining ASAP, Dorothy worked for five years as Editor and Assistant Director of the health education nonprofit Hesperian Health Guides, publisher of Where There Is No Doctor. She also has a background in organizing for domestic worker rights and disability justice.
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Ngan Tran
Technology Director
Ngan’s background is in life sciences; she has a B.S. in Biological Sciences and a Masters in Biomedical Sciences. She hopes to apply her background in research and her knowledge in computing to contribute to helping solve real-world problems.
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Rosa Valderrama
Communications Director
Rosa has nearly a decade of experience working in social justice advocacy with a focus on media relations, messaging, and content creation for different audiences in English and Spanish.
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Liz Willis
Co-founder
Operations Director
Liz has worked with asylum seekers in the United States and abroad, with a focus on working with Latin American and Latinx communities. Prior to law school, Liz researched Latin American refugee policy at Asylum Access in Quito, Ecuador.
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Daniel Yadin
Staff Writer, Development and Communications
Prior to joining ASAP, Daniel worked in the Office of Advancement and External Affairs at the Yale Center for British Art. He has also worked as a journalist covering immigration and domestic labor, among other topics.
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