Lisiann works closely with other NIJC projects, Chicago legal service organizations, the city, and the state to ensure legal services are best tailored to the ever-changing needs of our new neighbors. Lisiann holds a juris doctor from University of Illinois at Chicago Law School and a bachelor of arts in medical humanities from Baylor University. While in law school, she cultivated a passion for human rights legal work in her experiences as an intern at the Cook County Public Defender’s Post Convictions office, a clinician at the University of Illinois Chicago Law School Human Rights Clinic, and a law clerk at an immigration firm in Florida. Lisiann is licensed to practice law in Illinois.