Staff
Staff
Ayuda does not list individual email addresses in order to prevent spam. Most staff members can be reached at: firstname@ayuda.com. The exceptions are Ana Cristina Plaza (anaplaza), Anne Schaufele (annes),Carolina De Los Rios (carolinadelosrios), Katie Soltis (katies), Laura Catania (laurac), Laura Trask (laurat), Laurie Ball Cooper (laurieballcooper), Mary Stoney (marystoney), Victoria Maqueda (victoriam), and Victoria Hernandez (victoriah).
Operations and Administration
Laura Catania, Volunteer & Community Outreach Coordinator
Paula Fitzgerald, Executive Director
Stuti Mainali, Finance & Operations Associate
Rossana Molina, Finance Director
Rose Spero, Operations Director
Legal Services
Mariana Berumen, Immigration Paralegal
Shanti Martin Brown, Immigration Staff Attorney
Laurie Ball Cooper, Senior Pro Bono Coordinating Attorney (VA Office)
Josh Doherty, Immigration Supervising Attorney DC
Victoria Hernandez, Domestic Violence/Family Law Staff Attorney
Erin Larkin, Associate Director – Domestic Violence/Family Law
Megan Mack, Associate Director – Virginia Legal (VA Office)
Victoria Maqueda, Immigration Staff Attorney°
Lindsy Miles-Hare, Pro Bono Managing Attorney
Corie O’Rourke, Immigration Legal Fellow (VA office)
Audrey Reiter, Accredited Representative (VA office)*
Helen Sanchez, Intake and Referral Specialist
Anne Schaufele, Project END Managing Attorney
Katie Soltis, Immigration Staff Attorney (VA office)
Mary Stoney, Domestic Violence/Family Law Paralegal
Anya Sykes, Senior Immigration Staff Attorney
Madeline Taylor Diaz, Immigration Staff Attorney (VA office)
Eric Unternahrer, Accredited Representative*
Carina Villagra, partially Accredited Representative (VA office)*
Leslie Valentin, Domestic Violence/Family Law Staff Attorney
Jennifer Vigil, Intake Specialist (VA Office)
Susannah Volpe, Associate Director – DC Immigration^
Rebecca Walters, Immigration Supervising Attorney (VA office)
Maya Zegarra, Immigration Staff Attorney
Social Services
Carolina De Los Rios, Social Services Director
Lisa Groat, Senior Clinical Social Worker (VA office)
Fatima Monastiriotis, Case Manager (VA office)
Ana Cristina Plaza, Case Manager (DC office)
Eliana Ruvalcaba, Case Manager, Anti-Trafficking Program
Maria Andreina Vethencourt, Case Manager (DC office/VA office)
Andrea Wein, Clinical Social Worker
Language Access Programs
David Steib, Language Access Program Director
Marilyn Lovo, Language Access Program Manager
Egbert Ospina, Language Access Program Coordinator
Kendra Carson, Language Access Program Coordinator
Development
Arleen Ramirez Borysiewicz, Director of Development
Sherita Brace, Grants Manager
Laura Trask, Development and Communications Coordinator
° Admitted to the State Bar of New Mexico and the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Practice outside New Mexico and the District of Columbia limited to immigration and nationality law.
*Accredited through the US Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review’s (EOIR) Accreditation program. More information can be found at www.justice.gov/eoir/recognition-and-accreditation-program.
^ Admitted to the bar in the state of Texas. Practice limited to immigration and nationality law.