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
Alex Elegudin
Director, Postsecondary Readiness Project
Allison Guttu
Supervising Attorney and Senior Pro Bono Manager
Andrea Picon
Bilingual Education Advocate
Anna Brehm
Advocate & Manager of Capacity Building, Robin Hood Project (she/her)
Anne Klein
Director of Human Resources and Finance (she/her)
Beata Jarosz
Manager of Administration and Technology
Betty Baez Melo
Director, Early Childhood Education Project (she/her/ella)
Brianna Kitchelt
Staff Attorney, Impact Litigation and Direct Services (she/her)
Brittney Melvin
Early Childhood Education Advocate
Daniela Garcia-Casares
Social Work Manager and Transition Specialist
Daniela Nauffal
Senior Staff Attorney, Robin Hood Project (she/her)
Diana Aragundi
Assistant Director, Immigrant Students' Rights Project (she/her/ella)
Diana Imbert
Staff Attorney, Early Childhood Education Project (she/her)
Emily Rosenbach
Senior Manager, Grants and Contracts
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)
Julio Gonzalez
Staff Attorney, Robin Hood Project (any pronouns)
Kaela Dockray
Administrative Assistant, PReP
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
Kim Madden
Director of Family Support (she/her)
Leah Kramer
Communications Associate (she/her)
Lilliana Díaz-Pedrosa
Director, AFC Parent Center (she/her/ella)
Lisa Bernard
Staff Attorney, School Justice Project
Maleeha Chida
Equal Justice Works Fellow (she/her)
May DePierro
Policy Associate (she/they)
Marcia Flores
Education Partnerships Manager, Project LIT (she/her/ella)
Melissa Atkinson
Senior Administrative Assistant
Michael Arrington
Staff Attorney and Education Collaborative Manager, Project Achieve (he/him)
Michelle Eaton
Senior Education Specialist, Project Achieve (she/her)
Monique Faure
Education Specialist (she/her/hers)
Naphtali Moore
Staff Attorney, School Justice Project
Noelis Ciriaco
Administrative Assistant (she/her/ella)
Pamela Mendez
Staff Attorney, Project Achieve (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
Safa Salman
Development Associate
Sarah Part
Senior Policy Analyst (she/her)
Wayra Lopez
Legal Assistant