Cecilia is an accredited representative (partial) through the Department of Justice and previously served as a legal supervisor with NIJC’s Immigrant Legal Defense (ILD) project, where she managed the Naturalization Pro Bono Project. Cecilia earlier in her NIJC career, Cecilia was the compliance and implementation specialist for the Chicago Legal Protection Fund within the ILD project. Prior to joining NIJC, she was the immigration services coordinator and a DOJ Accredited Representative with Family Focus Nuestra Familia in Cicero, Illinois. She earned her master’s in public policy from the School of Public Service at DePaul University and earned her bachelor of arts in sociology, with minors in political science and Hispanic studies, from Illinois Wesleyan University.