Center Members

Interns

Camila Rivero

Position title: Intern

Email: mrivero@wisc.edu

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@wisc.edu

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@wisc.edu

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@wisc.edu

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@wisc.edu

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@wisc.edu

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@wisc.edu

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@wisc.edu

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…