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Erin O'Brien, Esq.

Erin O’Brien, Esq.

Erin O’Brien is an Immigrant Youth Advocacy Staff Attorney at HIAS Pennsylvania. She joined HIAS Pennsylvania in August 2022 as… MORE

Marlee McCadden, Esq.

Marlee McCadden, Esq.

Marlee McCadden joined HIAS PA as an Asylum and Removal Defense Staff Attorney in 2022. In this role, Marlee represents… MORE

Jordy Portillo

Jordy Portillo

Jordy Portillo is a DOJ Accredited Representative with the Immigrant Youth Advocacy Program. In this role, he will be assisting… MORE

Dylan Tagg

Dylan Tagg

Dylan Tagg is the Asylee Outreach Program (AOP) Intake Coordinator at HIAS Pennsylvania. As an Asylee Navigator, he assists AOP… MORE

Cindy Herazo

Cindy Herazo

Stephanie Curl, Esq.

Stephanie Curl, Esq.

Stephanie is an Intake Staff Attorney working with the Intake Team at HIAS Pennsylvania. She received her B.A. in French… MORE

Madeline Artiga

Madeline Artiga

Madeline Artiga is the Asylee Outreach Program Paralegal at HIAS Pennsylvania. She was born and raised in San Salvador, El… MORE

Joseph C. Gembala, Esq.

Joseph C. Gembala, Esq.

Joseph C. Gembala, Esq., joined HIAS Pennsylvania in 2021 through Temple Law’s Postgraduate Public Interest Fellowship program. In his current… MORE

Taj Sheikh, MSW

Taj Sheikh, MSW

Taj Sheikh currently serves as the Asylee Outreach Program Social Services Manager. A Texan at heart, Taj received her Masters… MORE

Jared Gencarella

Jared Gencarella

Jared Gencarella is a DOJ Accredited Representative on the Asylee Outreach Program team at HIAS Pennsylvania. Jared graduated from Loyola… MORE