Who We Are

Leadership & Staff

Kim Sweet
Executive Director

Matthew Lenaghan
Deputy Director

Maria Acosta
Staff Attorney, Immigrants Students’ Rights Project

Karen Alves
Senior Education Specialist and Outreach Coordinator

Diana Aragundi
Assistant Project Director, Immigrant Students' Rights Project

Michael Arrington
Law Graduate and Education Collaborative Manager, Project Achieve

Melissa Atkinson
Administrative Assistant

Betty Baez Melo
Director, Early Childhood Education Project

Ross Baker
Education Advocate

Elisabeth Bernard
Staff Attorney, School Justice Project

Anna Brehm
Advocate, Robin Hood Project

Janyll Canals-Kernizan
Director, Robin Hood Project

Noelis Ciriaco
Administrative Assistant

Vanessa Collado
Senior Human Resources and Office Manager

Lilliana Díaz-Pedrosa
Director, AFC Parent Center

Michelle Eaton 
Senior Education Specialist, Project Achieve

Juliet Eisenstein
Assistant Project Director, Postsecondary Readiness Project

Alex Elegudin
Project Director, Postsecondary Readiness Project

Marcia Flores
Education Partnerships Manager, Project LIT

Daniela Garcia-Casares
Education Specialist, Helpline 

Oriana Golfarini
Social Work Manager & Transition Specialist, Postsecondary Readiness Project

Ivette Greenblatt
Director of Development

Allison Guttu
Supervising Attorney and Senior Pro Bono Manager

Lisbeth Guzman
Project Manager, Technical Assistance Center for Students in Temporary Housing

Malika Harris
Director of Equity and Impact

Karen Herrera
Parent Center Advocate

Diana Imbert
Staff Attorney, Early Childhood Education Project

Beata Jarosz
Development Operations Manager

Ptahra Jeppe
Staff Attorney, Charter Schools

Brianna Kitchelt 
Staff Attorney, Impact Litigation and Direct Services

Anne Klein
Director of Operations

Emily Kramer
Project Director, Technical Assistance Center for Students in Temporary Housing

Randi Levine
Policy Director

Kimberly Madden
Director of Family Support

David Marx
Law Graduate, Project Thrive

Bree Melvin
Early Childhood Education Advocate

Pamela Mendez
Staff Attorney, Project Achieve

Maggie Moroff
Senior Special Education Policy Coordinator

Daniela Nauffal
Staff Attorney, Robin Hood Project

Jacqueline Ontaneda
Helpline Project Director

Romi Paek
Director, Project Thrive

Erika Palmer
Supervising Attorney

Sarah Part
Senior Policy Analyst

Andrea Picon
Bilingual Education Advocate

Jennifer Pringle
Director, Project LIT

Karoline Quiros 
Senior Education Specialist and Administrative Coordinator, Helpline

Advaita Rao-Sharma
Legal Assistant and Data Coordinator

Isabella Rieke
Senior Communications Manager

Rita Rodriguez-Engberg
Director, Immigrant Students' Rights Project

Rebecca Shore
Director of Litigation

Rohini Singh
Assistant Director, School Justice Project

Edgar Trinidad 
Assistant Director of Development