She represents low wage workers in administrative and civil claims for unpaid wages, retaliation, employment discrimination, and human trafficking. Yanin also assists victims of trafficking and workplace crimes in petitioning for immigration relief. Yanin got her law degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. In 2016, Yanin received the Dale Minami Public Interest Fellowship, named after the Asian American civil rights litigation leader, and the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association named her one of the Best Lawyers under 40.