Her career in immigration law was rooted during her work at the Central American Resource Center (CARECEN), a non-profit organization that has provided immigration-related services to Latino families in the D.C. area for over 30 years. During her years there as the Director of Legal Services, she helped thousands of people obtain permanent residency, U.S. citizenship and other types of legal status.
Throughout her career, she has worked for the immigrant and legal community in education and outreach, organizing immigration workshops, trainings for pro bono attorneys and law students, and has spoken at several events at universities, public schools, and at non-profit organizations.
She is admitted to practice law in the Bar of New York, is a member of the American Immigration Lawyer’s Association (AILA), and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Immigration Law Section of The Federal Bar Association.
Andrea is the daughter of Guatemalan immigrants. She is intimately familiar with the complexities of US. immigration law and is a competent, compassionate attorney who knows how to deliver results.
In The Media
Throughout her work in Immigration, Andrea has shared her expertise with different news sources within the community.
She provides a weekly Facebook Live session on Immigration with media personality, El Chele Gonzalez.
Andrea has also provided information on immigration with other news sources such as Univision, Telemundo, CNN Español, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, El Pregonero, and Washington Hispanic, and many more.