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The American Gateways Team

Adriana Garita

Legal Caseworker

Austin

Alejandrina Luna

Staff Attorney

Austin

Alicia Alvarado

Staff Attorney

Waco

Amanda Aguilar

Staff Attorney

San Antonio

Annabel Canchola Watson

Senior Staff Attorney

Austin

Benicio Diaz

Managing Attorney

San Antonio

Caroline Pangilinan

Staff Attorney

Austin

Claudia Gonsalvez

Senior DOJ Accredited Representative

Austin

Edna Yang

Co-Executive Director

Austin

Elizabeth Barrera

Legal Caseworker

Waco

Erika Gonzalez

Outreach & Communications; DOJ Accredited Representative

San Antonio

Griselda Barrera

Co-Director of Programs & Operations

San Antonio

Jessica Bautista

Legal Caseworker

San Antonio

Jonathan Levy

Senior Staff Attorney

Austin

Leslie Parra

Senior Staff Attorney

Austin

Marco A. Rosas

Staff Attorney

San Antonio

Natalia Drelichman

Co-Director of Programs & Operations

Austin

Rosa Campos Hernandez

Grants and Operations Manager

Austin

Veronica Gatica

Social Services Caseworker

San Antonio

Yoana Duran Ramirez

Staff Attorney

San Antonio

Alejandra Ruiz

Legal Caseworker

San Antonio

Alexis Navar

Social Services Caseworker

San Antonio

Alyssa Gooch

Development Coordinator

Austin

Analí Looper

Director of Legal Services and Programs/Director Waco Office

Waco

Azeem Edwin

Staff Attorney

Austin

Blanca Camargo

Senior DOJ Accredited Representative

San Antonio

Chris Anderson

Accountant

Austin

Daniela Guerrero

Development Assistant

Austin

Elisa Jelley

Staff Attorney

San Antonio

Elizabeth Villaseñor Almanza

Social & Legal Support Manager, Sr DOJ Accredited Representative

San Antonio

Graciela Salazar

Volunteer & Intern Coordinator

San Antonio

Ingrid Olarte Rojas

Legal Caseworker

Austin

Jessica Valenzuela

Legal Caseworker

San Antonio

Laura Flores-Dixit

Managing Attorney

San Antonio

Luz Lumbreras

Senior DOJ Accredited Representative

Waco

Maureen Mercado

Screening, Intake, and Referral Specialist

Austin

Rebecca Lightsey

Co-Executive Director

Austin

Valentin Padilla

Legal Caseworker

Austin

Whitney Drake

Managing Attorney

Austin

Board of Directors

Affiliations listed for identification only

Jennifer Walker Gates

Chair

Attorney

JLW Immigration Law Group

Maddy Dwertman

Vice Chair

Attorney

Baker Botts

Josh Caballero

Secretary

Community Engagement Officer

City of Waco

John Donisi

Treasurer

Attorney

Arlene Lyons

Community Leader

Waco

Javier Maldonado

Attorney

Law Office of Javier N Maldonado, PC

Kirk Yoshida

Contractor

Strategic Partnerships, Inc.

Montserrat Garibay

Senior Advisor for Labor Relations

Office of Secretary of U.S Department of Education

Ben Bui

Operations Manager

Stripe

Juan Carlos Contreras

Independent Director of R&D

LaQuetta Washington

Consultant

Slalom

Moshmee Kalamkar

Director of Operations

The University of Texas System

Graciela Cigarroa

General Counsel

CentroMed

Kimberly Avila Edwards

Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Advocacy

Dell Medical School

Melissa Ortega

Commissioner, Grassroots Organizer

Commission on Immigrant Affairs

Valerie Barker

Attorney

Slayden Grubert Beard

Leadership Council

Our Leadership Council is made up of distinguished individuals from communities served by our local offices. They act as ambassadors to the community and work to expand our supporters and resources by leveraging professional networks and personal spheres of influence.

Alfred Solano

Vice President

Cecilia Herrera

Community Leader

John Antonelli

Founder & Owner, CEO

Michael Buratti

Program/Project Manager

Becky Pastner

Executive & Leadership Coach

Celeste Quesada

Creative Director, Producer, Real Estate

Kendall Antonelli

Founder & Owner, President

Mèlat

Musician

Cecile Richards

Co-Founder

Geronimo Rodriguez

Chief Advocacy Officer

LaRaine DuPuy

Community Volunteer

Rose Reyes

San Antonio Office President

Waco Advisory Committee

Our Waco Advisory Committee is made up of leaders in the Waco community.

Members help deepen our connections in the community and provide input on the efforts of our Waco office.

​Arlene Lyons   -   DeShauna Hollie   -   Grecia Chavira   -   Joe Gatlin   -   John Alexander   -   Josh Caballero   -   Susan Nelson

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