Maria Alejandra Acevedo
Host: Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network
Sponsor: AmeriCorps, Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network, U.S. Department of Justice
Elizabeth provided direct representation to unaccompanied immigrant children in the Central Valley of California, coordinated social services, and worked with school districts to conduct Know Your Rights outreach.
This project aimed to address the gap in representation of unaccompanied immigrant and refugee children in the Central Valley, a region in which there is limited access to pro bono legal assistance and social services. KIND is the primary nonprofit legal service provider in the Central Valley specializing in legal representation of unaccompanied children. This project increased KIND’s capacity to represent more children. This project also leveraged local community organizations to connect unaccompanied children with needed social services, specifically focusing on schools and Know Your Rights (KYR) education.
During her two-year Fellowship, Elizabeth:
Following the Fellowship, Elizabeth has remained at KIND’s Fresno Satellite Office as a staff attorney, where she continues to represent unaccompanied children in the Central Valley of California.
Host: Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network
Sponsor: AmeriCorps, Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network, U.S. Department of Justice
Host: Legal Aid Justice Center
Sponsor: The Morrison & Foerster Foundation
Host: East Bay Community Law Center
Sponsor: Anonymous
Host: Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)
Sponsor: Microsoft Corporation, Winston & Strawn LLP