Resume

• 2018

  Member

  NSBA-Council of School Board Attorneys

• 2017

  Member

  Connecticut Judicial Branch-Access to Justice Commission

  Member

  Board of Directors

  Village for Families and Children

  Member

  American Immigration Lawyers Association

  Member

  New York State Bar Association

• 2016

  University of Saint Joseph

  Bridgeport

  CT

  I served as Director of the Immigrant Children's Justice Project at the Center for Children's Advocacy a private non-profit legal organization affiliated with the University of Connecticut School of Law. My practice focused on the very specific Federal law and Connecticut procedures for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS)

  which helps abused

  neglected or abandoned immigrant children

  regularize their immigration status. I assisted in drafting legislation codifying the SIJS language into Connecticut law

  provided substantive legal training and technical assistance to Connecticut attorneys including appeals

  and facilitated training and round-table discussions on the educational needs of English Language Learners and students with limited and interrupted formal education to boards of education

  parents and community organizations. I also directed a School Based Legal Clinic at a high school for seven years where I worked with young children and teen clients to resolve legal issues that prevented them from succeeding in school. In that capacity

  I served as co-counsel on two systemic complaints related to child find violations and the provision of a free and appropriate public education to students with disabilities in a major school district. \n\n

  Attorney

  Director of Immigrant Children's Justice Project

  Center for Children's Advocacy

  Adjunct Instructor in the Master of Social Work Program.

  University of Connecticut

  Social Worker

  Investigations Unit

  Connecticut Department of Children and Families

  Annie E. Casey Foundation

  Hartford

  Connecticut Area

  Social Worker

  Family Reunification and Therapeutic Foster Care

  1st Quatermaster Brigade

  94th Division

  Honorably Discharged

  Non Commissioned Officer

  Sergeant

  E-05

  U.S. Army and Army National Guard

  Greater New York City Area

  Practice solely focused on immigration. Specialization in family immigration

  citizenship

  removal defense

  consular processing

  waivers of inadmissibility

  and appeals.

  Immigration Attorney

  DeCastro Foden

  LLC

  Adjunct instructor in the Bachelor and Master of Social Work programs. I teach the following courses: Social Welfare Policy and Social Work (Macro and Micro) Methods.

  University of Saint Joseph

• 2014

  Member

  Board of Directors

  Connecticut Hispanic Bar Association

  English

  Spanish

  Distinguished Leader in the Law

  Connecticut Law Tribune

  Recognition as Social Work Educator

  National Association of Social Workers

  Connecticut Chapter

  James W. Cooper Fellow

  Connecticut Bar Foundation

  New Leader in the Law

  Connecticut Law Tribune

• 2009

  Member

  Connecticut Bar Association

  Member

  Board of Directors

  University of Connecticut-School of Social Work Alumni Association

• 2008

  Licensed Clinical Social Worker

  State of Connecticut-Department of Public Health

  58-6861

• 2006

  Juris Doctor

  Asylum and Human Rights Clinic

  The University of Connecticut School of Law

• 2005

  Capital Community College

  Berchem Moses PC

  Connecticut Department of Children and Families

  U.S. Army and Army National Guard

  DeCastro Foden

  LLC

  Center for Children's Advocacy

  Adjunct Instructor in the Social and Behavioral Sciences Department. I teach the following courses: Introduction to Social Welfare

  Social Problems

  Introduction to Sociology and Community Organization.

  Capital Community College

  Associate Attorney

  Associate Attorney in the Education Law Department. I represented Boards of Education in education issues and student matters including: special education

  student discipline

  discrimination

  harassment

  Section 504

  ADA

  Title IX

  restraint and seclusion

  student data privacy and general education matters.

  Berchem Moses PC

• 2000

  Master of Social Work (MSW)

  Community Organization and Advocacy

  University of Connecticut

• 1996

  Supervises or receives

  stores

  accounts for and cares for

  dispenses

  issues and ships bulk or packaged petroleum products. Supervises and monitors quality surveillance programs and activities; ensures compliance with fire and safety regulations. Performs duties as petroleum quality assurance representative; assists command and staff officers in appraisals of petroleum and water operations; assists in coordination and implementation of operations

  training programs

  administrative matters and communication activities.

  MOS 77-F

  Petroleum Supply Specialist

  U.S. Army Quatermaster Corps

  Fort Lee

  VA

  Distinguished Honor Graduate

• 1993

  Bachelor's degree

  Social Sciences- General Program

  Universidad de Puerto Rico

  magna cum laude; Dean's Award for highest GPA in social science's class of 1997

• 1990

  High School Diploma

  Escuela Superior Luis Llorens Torres

  Juana Diaz

  P.R.

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  Mental Health

  Legal Writing

  Administrative Law

  Litigation

  Trials

  Criminal Law

  Attorney with experience in Education

  Immigration and Family law. Admitted to practice in Connecticut and New York. \n\n

  University of Connecticut

  Annie E. Casey Foundation