About
Miami has always been my home.
As Policy Director for WeCount!, I work to strengthen labor standards and secure environmental protections for low-wage workers. I develop initiatives that improve living and working conditions, partnering closely with grassroots movements to achieve meaningful, lasting change.
In 2024, I received the Reitmeister-Abess Center Environmental Stewardship Award from the University of Miami’s Leonard and Jayne Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy.
Previously, I worked as a Paralegal with the Children’s Legal Program at Americans for Immigrant Justice—the only organization authorized by the federal government to provide legal services to children detained in South Florida shelters. In this role, I supported youth at the 3,200-bed Homestead Detention Center, the nation’s largest facility for migrant children, which housed minors separated under the 2018 family separation policy. My work included assisting with reunification efforts, delivering essential legal orientation, and providing 'Know Your Rights' education to ensure compliance with the Flores Settlement Agreement.
In earlier roles, I interned at the Community Justice Project, where I represented domestic workers in wage theft proceedings and supported racial justice groups across South Florida. As a student intern at the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Criminal Mental Health Project, I helped divert individuals with serious mental illness from the criminal justice system to community-based care.
From 2015 to 2020, I served on the board of the ACLU of Greater Miami, volunteering with their legal team to monitor arrest reports and assess consent decree compliance in the landmark class action homeless-protection case, Pottinger v. City of Miami, brought on behalf of the unhoused.
In my free time, I actively support LGBTQ+ causes and organizing, working alongside other advocates to strengthen community networks and fight for equal rights.
My analysis and advocacy have been featured on Good Morning America, The New York Times, Al Jazeera, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, The Guardian, POLITICO, NPR, and Univision, among others.