Jessica Arreola

Hosted by New Mexico Immigrant Law Center
Sponsored by Disaster Resilience Program
Service location Albuquerque, New Mexico
Law school University of New Mexico School of Law
Issue area Disaster Recovery, Disaster Response and Preparedness, Immigrant Populations
Fellowship class year 2022
Program Disaster Resilience Program

The Project

Jessica’s project provides culturally competent, trauma-informed, holistic direct legal services to immigrants in New Mexico facing legal barriers due to the COVID-19 crisis.

The project will provide holistic representation to low-income immigrants living in New Mexico due to the COVID-19 crisis.

Fellowship Highlights

Jessica’s parents and husband are immigrants. She has watched them work hard to create a better world for their family. The immigration system in the US is complex, and when her husband became a permanent resident, they struggled tremendously to navigate the system. Jessica went to law school to become an immigration attorney to help guide people through the system.