Before joining ICWC, she provided removal defense to unaccompanied immigrant children and adults with the Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project in Phoenix and the Franco Law Group in Los Angeles. Prior to embarking on her legal career Adriana served on the legislative staffs of progressive legislators, including the Hon. Lucille Roybal-Allard in Washington D.C. and the Hon. Jesús “Chuy” García in Chicago, IL. Adriana earned her J.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School, where she founded the On The Rise Newsletter for minority students and she interned with the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Adriana earned her B.A. in Liberal Studies from California State University Northridge and later returned to teach at her alma mater within the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies. E-mail Adriana at adriana@icwclaw.org.