Appellate (Board of Immigration Appeals and Federal Court)
American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)
Planning Subcommittee for 2011 AILA Annual Conference, San Diego
(Fundamentals and Special Sessions).
Immigration Reform (Advocacy) Committee (2010-2011).
Planning Committee for 2009 AILA Fall Conference, Boston ("Goin' to the Crossroads of Immigration and Criminal Law: Convictions, Removability, and Relief").
Planning Subcommittee for 2009 AILA Annual Conference, Las Vegas
(Due Process, Enforcement, Criminal, and Asylum).
Co-liaison with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Minnesota/Dakotas AILA Chapter)
Federal Bar Association, Board Member, Immigration Law Section.
Steering Committee Member, National Campaign to Safeguard the Due Process Rights of Mentally Ill and Developmentally Disabled People, Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition.
American Bar Association
Immigration Law Section
Subcommittees (Rights of the Child, Trial Observations).
National Immigration Project
Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC)
Minnesota State Bar Association
Immigration Law Section (Chairperson).
Human Rights Committee (former Chair).
Diversity Planning Task Force (2009-2010)
COLLEAGUE Program-Immigration Law (Consulting Attorney)
Haiti Relief Committee (2010).
Haitian Asylum Project (Catholic Emergency Legal Aid for Haitians), Miami, (May 1992).
The Advocates for Human Rights (Consulting Attorney)
2010 Volunteer Award Co-recipient
Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota (Volunteer Attorney)
Marquis Who's Who in American Law®
Southern Poverty Law Center (Wall of Tolerance Honoree)
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial (Founding Sponsor)
Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights
American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
Human Rights Watch
City of Shoreview, Minnesota Human Rights Commission
Publications, Conference Presentations, Teaching:
Law (Immigration, Human Rights, and Legal Ethics)
Panelist on "Asylum or Withholding Victory! Now What?" 2010 AILA Annual Conference, Washington, D.C. (July 3, 2010).
Panelist on "Family Relationships, Joint Sponsorship, and Affidavits of Support." 2010 Federal Bar Association Annual Immigration Law Seminar. Memphis. (May 15, 2010)
Moderator for Panel devoted to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and I-9 Audits. 2010 Upper Midwest Immigration Conference. Minneapolis. (May 7, 2010).
Moderator for Panel devoted to Comprehensive Immigration Reform (CIR). Minnesota State Bar Association. Minneapolis. (April 19, 2010).
Panelist on "Applications for Relief and Waivers." 2009 AILA Fall Conference. Boston.
Panelist on "Inadmissibility and Deportability Defenses." 2009 AILA Annual Conference.
Las Vegas. (June 5, 2009).
Panelist on "Bona Fide Relationships and the Child Status Protection Act, Parts One and Two."
2009 Upper Midwest Immigration Conference. Minneapolis. (April 30, 2009).
2010 "A Brief Review of Relief in Removal Proceedings." Navigating the Fundamentals of Immigration Law, 2010-2011 Ed. American Immigration Lawyers Association.
2009 "A Brief Review of Relief in Removal Proceedings." Navigating the Fundamentals of Immigration Law, 2009-2010 Ed. American Immigration Lawyers Association.
2002 "Violence Against Foreign National Spouses and Children: The Impact of Domestic Abuse on Immigration Relief." Love and Aliens. Family Law Section. Minnesota State Bar Association.
Intern Tutorials through Macalester College Internship Program
Coordinator, Law Professors Interest Group (AILA)
Contributing Writer,Korean Quarterly
Former Community Educator, VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America)
B.A.: Anthropology w/ minor Broadcasting & Film
(University of Iowa, Iowa City)
M.A.: Cultural Anthropology (University of Iowa, Iowa City)
M.A.: Social Anthropology (University of California, Davis)
J.D. : (Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota)