CGRS Joined by Dedicated Law Clerks and InternsJudith Stronach Women’s Human Rights Fellows, Summer 2007
Joana Simonini is a third-year law student at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. In the summer of 2006 Joana interned in the Immigration Department at Canal Alliance, a Bay Area nonprofit organization, where she helped immigrants and asylum seekers prepare for immigration proceedings. Joana’s dedication to this area of law is demonstrated by her decision to enroll in the Refugee and Human Rights Clinic at U.C. Hastings this fall, where she will continue working on some of the projects she began during the summer as a Stronach Fellow. Born and raised in Brazil, Joana studied law at the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janiero. After moving to the United States, Joana worked with the Friends of the MST, an organization that supports the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement. Joanna Wilson is a third-year student at the University of Washington (UW) School of Law in Seattle and a second-year graduate student at UW’s Jackson School of International Studies. While at UW, Joanna worked with the law school’s Immigrant Family Advocacy Project and in the asylum unit of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project. Prior to law school, Joanna served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines and as Managing Director for an international education company in Los Angeles. CGRS Summer 2007 Interns
Katrina Schwartz is a senior at Haverford College in Haverford, Pennsylvania, where she is studying English and Spanish. Before interning at CGRS, Katrina worked with a women’s clinic in Nicaragua and volunteered at a shelter for battered women in Guatemala. As part of an independent study project, she also conducted ethnographic interviews with women in Varnasi, India. After college, Katrina hopes to use her skills and education to advance human rights and social justice. Beth Silberman Begins Year-Long Internship at CGRSBeth Silberman recently graduated from the University of California, Davis, with degrees in International Relations and Political Science. While at UC Davis, she studied abroad in Argentina and Costa Rica. In August, Beth began a year-long internship with CGRS, during which she will be involved with various aspects of the Center’s work, including conducting human rights research, engaging in grassroots advocacy and fundraising activities, and providing administrative support to CGRS staff. Beth will be serving as a health extension volunteer with the Peace Corps in Africa beginning in June 2008. |
Cassandra Lopez is a third-year law student at King Hall School of Law, University of California, Davis. While at King Hall, Cassandra served as a student attorney with the UC Davis Immigration Law Clinic, representing detained immigrants. During a previous summer internship at the Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment in Delano, California, Cassandra worked with farmworkers and rural communities struggling to improve the environmental quality of the Central Valley. She came to law school after working with the Chiapas Support Committee in Oakland and Legal Services for Children in San Francisco.
Margee Churchon is a senior at Mills College in Oakland, California, where she is majoring in Political, Legal and Economic Analysis. Margee has also interned with Planned Parenthood and participated in student organizations such as Choice USA, Health Access, and Women’s Alliance. Margee plans to attend law school and hopes to work in the non-profit sector.Center for Gender and Refugee Studies |