For more than 50 years, AFC’s staff of attorneys, advocates, and education specialists have successfully helped hundreds of thousands of families by providing free legal and advocacy services, including representation at school-related hearings and appeals, and teaching families what they need to know to stand up for their children’s educational rights.
Meet our team
Advaita Rao-Sharma
Legal Assistant and Data Coordinator
Alex Elegudin
Director, Postsecondary Readiness Project
Allison Guttu
Supervising Attorney and Senior Pro Bono Manager
Andrea Picon
Bilingual Education Advocate
Anna Brehm
Advocate, Robin Hood Project (she/her)
Anne Klein
Director of Operations (she/her)
Beata Jarosz
Development Operations Manager
Betty Baez Melo
Director, Early Childhood Education Project (she/her/ella)
Brittney Melvin
Early Childhood Education Advocate
Brianna Kitchelt
Staff Attorney, Impact Litigation and Direct Services (she/her)
Daniela Garcia-Casares
Education Specialist, Helpline
Daniela Nauffal
Staff Attorney, Robin Hood Project (she/her)
David Marx
Law Graduate, Project Thrive (he/him)
Diana Aragundi
Assistant Director, Immigrant Students' Rights Project (she/her/ella)
Diana Imbert
Staff Attorney, Early Childhood Education Project (she/her)
Edgar Trinidad
Assistant Director of Development (he/him)
Emily Kramer
Project Director, Technical Assistance Center for Students in Temporary Housing (she/her)
Erika Palmer
Supervising Attorney (she/her)
Isabella Rieke
Senior Communications Manager (she/her)
Ivette Greenblatt
Director of Development
Jacqueline Ontaneda
Helpline Project Director
Janyll Canals-Kernizan
Director, Robin Hood Project (she/her)
Jennifer Pringle
Director, Project LIT (she/her)
Juliet Eisenstein
Assistant Director, Postsecondary Readiness Project (she/her)
Julio Gonzalez
Staff Attorney, Robin Hood Project (any pronouns)
Karen Alves
Senior Education Specialist and Outreach Coordinator (she/her/ella)
Karen Herrera
Parent Center Advocate (she/her)
Karoline Quiros
Senior Education Specialist and Administrative Coordinator, Helpline
Khadijah Ally
Communications Assistant
Kim Madden
Director of Family Support (she/her)
Lilliana Díaz-Pedrosa
Director, AFC Parent Center (she/her/ella)
Lisa Bernard
Staff Attorney, School Justice Project
Lisbeth Guzman
Project Manager, Technical Assistance Center for Students in Temporary Housing
Maggie Moroff
Senior Special Education Policy Coordinator (she/her)
May DePierro
Policy Associate (she/they)
Malika Harris
Director of Equity and Impact
Marcia Flores
Education Partnerships Manager, Project LIT (she/her/ella)
Maria Acosta
Staff Attorney, Immigrants Students’ Rights Project
Melissa Atkinson
Administrative Assistant
Michael Arrington
Law Graduate and Education Collaborative Manager, Project Achieve (he/him)
Michelle Eaton
Senior Education Specialist, Project Achieve (she/her)
Naphtali Moore
Staff Attorney, School Justice Project
Noelis Ciriaco
Administrative Assistant (she/her/ella)
Pamela Mendez
Staff Attorney, Project Achieve (she/her)
Ptahra Jeppe
Staff Attorney, Charter Schools (she/her)
Randi Levine
Policy Director (she/her)
Rebecca Shore
Director of Litigation (she/her)
Rita Rodriguez-Engberg
Director, Immigrant Students' Rights Project
Rohini Singh
Director, School Justice Project (she/her)
Romi Paek
Director, Project Thrive
Ross Baker
Education Advocate
Sarah Part
Senior Policy Analyst (she/her)
