Interns
Camila Rivero
Position title: Intern
Email:
mrivero
Hi everyone! I’m Camila Rivero (she/her/hers). I was born and raised in Boulder, Colorado and I am now a first-generation college student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I am an incoming junior majoring in journalism…
Natasha Pelossof
Position title: Intern
Email:
pelossof
Hi I’m Natasha Pelossof (she/her)! I am a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, majoring in Political Science and Spanish with a certificate in Global Health. I am focusing on immigration advocacy, law, politics, non-profit…
Sophia Shashko
Position title: Intern
Email:
sshashko
Hello! My name is Sophia Shasko (she/her/hers). I grew up in Madison, Wisconsin, so I am excited to be working within my own community. I am a sophomore at UW Madison majoring in Political Science…
Students
Yesenia Villalpando-Torres
Position title: Project Assistant
Email:
villalpandot
Master of Social Work student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As a DACA beneficiary herself, she has first-hand experience with how the immigration system impacts undocumented communities. In 2021, Yesenia applied for Advance Parole through…
Director
Erika Rosales
Position title: Center for DREAMers Director
Email:
erika.rosales
Erika Rosales is the Director of the new Center for Dreamers at UW-Madison. Erika is an undocumented immigrant and a DACA recipient. She is a first-generation college graduate and received her graduate degree from the…
Immigrant Justice Clinic Members
IJC Students
Yuli Ruiz Márquez
Position title: Law Student
Email:
ruizmuez
Yuli Ruiz Márquez (she/her/ella) is a first-generation high school, college, and law student. She is a proud immigrant from Michoacán, México, and her hometown in the U.S. is Milwaukee, WI. Yuli graduated as a Burke…
Karen Suárez Jiménez
Position title: Law Student
Email:
suzjimz
Hello, all! My name is Karen Suárez Jiménez. I am an indigenous Mexican woman from Oaxaca, México. My family and I came to the U.S. when I was 3 years old and I spent most…
Clinical Instructors
Erin Barbato
Position title: Immigrant Justice Clinic Director
Email:
ekmurphy
Erin M. Barbato is the Director of the Immigrant Justice Clinic at the University of Wisconsin Law School. She teaches second and third-year law students to represent individuals in removal proceedings and with humanitarian-based immigration…