Benjamin joins LSC in 2024, having spent 15 years at Legal Advocates for Children & Youth representing youth in Santa Clara County’s juvenile dependency system as their court-appointed counsel. He brings with him a passion for empowering youth to be… Read More ›
Kim joined Legal Services for Children as the Intake and Outreach Attorney in June 2024. She earned a B.A in Latino Studies from San Francisco State University and graduated from Golden Gate University School of Law with experience in several… Read More ›
Sarah joined Legal Services for Children as a Staff Attorney in September 2023. Prior to joining LSC, Sarah completed a two-year fellowship at the U.C. Immigrant Legal Services Center, where she worked with U.C. Santa Cruz students and their families,… Read More ›
Joyeta joined the Detained Immigrant Children’s Project (DICP) at Legal Services for Children in September 2022 as a staff attorney. She is dedicated to advocating for and advancing the rights of youth, especially in the areas of immigration and education.… Read More ›
Lisa joined LSC as its Development Manager in 2023. Her backgrounds include private sector and nonprofit operations management, higher education research and teaching in sociology and feminist studies, and grantmaking and scholarship programs in private philanthropy. She received her M.Sc.… Read More ›
Fernando is a recent graduate of UC Berkeley’s Social Welfare program and a less-recent graduate of UCLA’s undergraduate Political Science program. They are the youngest of six children (five surviving) to a mother from Guerrero, Mexico and a father from… Read More ›