
Fernanda Herrera Spieler
Host: Resilience Force Justice Project
Sponsor: Equal Justice Works Text-to-Give
Current Fellow
Isabel provided legal representation and conducted outreach to low-income immigrant survivors of domestic violence in underserved outlying Pennsylvania counties.
Lack of stable immigration status is a frequent and often insurmountable barrier to leaving an abusive relationship for many survivors of domestic violence. Pathways to stable immigration status exist that enable survivors to seek out safety and self-sufficiency away from their abusers. However before Isabel became a fellow roughly 30% of Pennsylvania’s immigrants were living in counties where there were almost no affordable immigration legal service providers. This meant that many survivors and their advocates were unaware of these pathways or had no way to secure them. Isabel educated community organizations in these counties to identify individuals in need of services.
During the two-year Fellowship period:
Now that the Fellowship is complete, Isabel will continue on as a staff attorney at HIAS Pennsylvania representing survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, addressing the overwhelming need for services that her Fellowship exposed.
Host: Resilience Force Justice Project
Sponsor: Equal Justice Works Text-to-Give
Current Fellow
Host: Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota
Sponsor: 3M Company, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath
Current Fellow
Host: Equal Justice Center
Sponsor: Texas Access to Justice Foundation
Host: Equal Justice Center
Sponsor: Anonymous