Marilyn Alvarado
Marilyn Alvarado is ASAP’s Member Advocacy Manager. She is a native New Yorker and the daughter of a Salvadoran mother and a Honduran father. She is a first-generation college graduate from CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Marilyn earned a degree in Forensic Psychology and honors minor in Latin American studies and Human Services. Read More.
Marilyn Alvarado is ASAP’s Member Advocacy Manager. She is a native New Yorker and the daughter of a Salvadoran mother and a Honduran father. She is a first-generation college graduate from CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Marilyn earned a degree in Forensic Psychology and honors minor in Latin American studies and Human Services. Read More.
Conchita Cruz
Co-founder Conchita Cruz is ASAP’s Co-Executive Director. Prior to law school, Conchita 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. Conchita has worked as a policy and political advisor for progressive local, state, and federal candidates. Read More.
Co-founder Conchita Cruz is ASAP’s Co-Executive Director. Prior to law school, Conchita 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. Conchita has worked as a policy and political advisor for progressive local, state, and federal candidates. Read More.
Veronica Fernandez-Diaz
Veronica Fernandez-Diaz is an Operations and Membership Engagement Associate at ASAP. 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. Read More.
Veronica Fernandez-Diaz is an Operations and Membership Engagement Associate at ASAP. 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. Read More.
Janis Jin
Janis Jin is ASAP’s Membership Systems Director. Janis builds membership tools and mass communication systems accessed by tens of thousands of ASAP members. She brings prior experience in communications, operations, and the digital humanities. Read More.
Janis Jin is ASAP’s Membership Systems Director. Janis builds membership tools and mass communication systems accessed by tens of thousands of ASAP members. She brings prior experience in communications, operations, and the digital humanities. Read More.
Emeizmi Mandagi
Emeizmi Mandagi is an Operations and Membership Engagement Associate at ASAP. 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. Read More.
Emeizmi Mandagi is an Operations and Membership Engagement Associate at ASAP. 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. Read More.
Zachary Manfredi
Zachary (Zak) Manfredi is ASAP’s Litigation and Advocacy Director. Zak oversees ASAP’s litigation matters and policy advocacy, and he often represents ASAP in strategic partnerships and coalitions. Read More.
Zachary (Zak) Manfredi is ASAP’s Litigation and Advocacy Director. Zak oversees ASAP’s litigation matters and policy advocacy, and he often represents ASAP in strategic partnerships and coalitions. Read More.
Evelyn Núñez
Evelyn Núñez is ASAP’s 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. Read More.
Evelyn Núñez is ASAP’s 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. Read More.
Leidy Perez-Davis
Leidy Perez-Davis is ASAP’s Policy Director. Most recently, Leidy was a Senior Attorney with the Kids In Need of Defense (KIND) Family Separation Team where she represented separated children and their families. Prior to KIND, Leidy worked for the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) national office as a Policy Counsel. Read More.
Leidy Perez-Davis is ASAP’s Policy Director. Most recently, Leidy was a Senior Attorney with the Kids In Need of Defense (KIND) Family Separation Team where she represented separated children and their families. Prior to KIND, Leidy worked for the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) national office as a Policy Counsel. Read More.
Anne Recinos
Anne Recinos is ASAP’s Managing Attorney. Prior to joining ASAP, Anne worked at the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP), providing direct representation and pro se assistance to individuals detained in Tacoma, WA. From 2015-2017, Anne was an Equal Justice Works Fellow at the New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice. Read More.
Anne Recinos is ASAP’s Managing Attorney. Prior to joining ASAP, Anne worked at the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP), providing direct representation and pro se assistance to individuals detained in Tacoma, WA. From 2015-2017, Anne was an Equal Justice Works Fellow at the New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice. Read More.
Swapna Reddy
Co-founder Swapna Reddy is ASAP’s Co-Executive Director. Prior to law school, she 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. Read More.
Co-founder Swapna Reddy is ASAP’s Co-Executive Director. Prior to law school, she 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. Read More.
Jun Yi Tan
Jun Yi Tan is ASAP’s Human Resources and Finance Manager. Prior to this role, Jun Yi worked as an Immigration Paralegal at ASAP, assisting asylum seekers across the U.S. with legal interventions in their immigration cases. Jun Yi also previously worked as an immigration paralegal at a private law firm in Texas. Read More.
Jun Yi Tan is ASAP’s Human Resources and Finance Manager. Prior to this role, Jun Yi worked as an Immigration Paralegal at ASAP, assisting asylum seekers across the U.S. with legal interventions in their immigration cases. Jun Yi also previously worked as an immigration paralegal at a private law firm in Texas. Read More.
Ming Tanigawa-Lau
Ming Tanigawa-Lau is a Justice Catalyst fellow and litigation law clerk working in the Systemic Reform Department 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. Read More.
Ming Tanigawa-Lau is a Justice Catalyst fellow and litigation law clerk working in the Systemic Reform Department 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. Read More.
Dorothy Tegeler
Co-founder Dorothy Tegeler is ASAP’s 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. Read More.
Co-founder Dorothy Tegeler is ASAP’s 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. Read More.
Ngan Tran
Ngan Tran is ASAP’s Software Engineer. Her 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. Read More.
Ngan Tran is ASAP’s Software Engineer. Her 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. Read More.
Liz Willis
Co-founder Liz Willis is ASAP’s Operations Director. She 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. Read More.
Co-founder Liz Willis is ASAP’s Operations Director. She 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. Read More.
Daniel Yadin
Daniel Yadin is ASAP’s Development and Communications Associate. 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. Read More.
Daniel Yadin is ASAP’s Development and Communications Associate. 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. Read More.
Yidan Zeng (曾一丹)
Yidan Zeng (曾一丹) is ASAP’s Technology and Web Associate who ensures that all communication channels are safe, secure, and easily accessible to those who use them. She is passionate about how power and agency can be horizontally distributed, with and without technology. Read More.
Yidan Zeng (曾一丹) is ASAP’s Technology and Web Associate who ensures that all communication channels are safe, secure, and easily accessible to those who use them. She is passionate about how power and agency can be horizontally distributed, with and without technology. Read More.
