Staff

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 in 2023 as Development Manager with over a decade of experience working in broad-based social equity. She is a sociologist by training, and conducted research and teaching on the intersection between social justice issues, social movements, and… 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 ›

David began working at LSC in September 2017. Prior to joining LSC, David spent five years in the Public Defender’s office in Massachusetts representing children and parents in the dependency system. David became interested in providing direct legal representation to… Read More ›

Erica is a social worker with LSC, working with the Guardianship and Education Teams since October 2021. She began working with systems involved youth in graduate school at UC Berkeley, where she got her MSW in 2018. There, she worked… Read More ›