Our Fellows
Meet the brilliant, creative legal fellows driving high-impact systemic change to advance economic and social justice
Learn more about the Justice Catalyst Fellowship and the Jonathan W. Cuneo COSAL/Justice Catalyst Fellowship
Melodie Meyer
Melodie Meyer is a 2020-2021 Justice Catalyst/Public Rights Project Fellow with the Yurok Tribe's Office of the Tribal Attorney advocating for and implementing indigenous climate justice.
Rajiv Narayan
Rajiv Narayan is a 2020-2021 Justice Catalyst/Public Rights Project Fellow at the Oakland City Attorney's Office working to advance health equity through local government.
Connie Cho
Connie Cho is a 2020-2021 Justice Catalyst Fellow at Communities for a Better Environment working with Richmond and East Oakland, CA communities to secure clean energy and climate resiliency systems.
John Giammatteo
John Giammatteo is a 2020-2021 Justice Catalyst Fellow at Lutheran Social Services of New York's Immigration Legal Program coordinating the Second Circuit Asylum Monitoring Project.
David Chen
David Chen is a 2020-2021 Justice Catalyst Fellow at the ACLU Immigrants Rights Project designing and executing a nationwide strategy to enforce state law limitations on the authority of local law enforcement to detain immigrants in cooperation with ICE.
Sonya Levitova
Sonya Levitova is a 2020-2021 Justice Catalyst Fellow with Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel focusing on holding federal officials accountable for their violations of incarcerated people's rights.
Joseph Meyers
Joseph Meyers is a 2020-2021 Justice Catalyst Fellow at the National Lawyers Guild's National Immigration Project challenging unconstitutional police practices at the border.
Nahuel Fefer
Nahuel Fefer is a 2020-2021 Justice Catalyst Fellow at Arch Cit Defenders working to translate demands for criminal justice reform, economic equity, and democratic representation into legislation, executive orders, and ballot measures.
Sarah Levine
Sarah Levine is a 2020-2021 Justice Catalyst/Public Rights Project Fellow at the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia coordinating enforcement effort using antitrust, consumer protection, and wage and hour laws to protect low-wage workers in D.C.
Kimberly Fayette
Kimberly Fayette is a 2020-2021 Justice Catalyst/Public Rights Project Fellow at the New York City Commission on Human Rights focusing on the enforcement of administrative guidance barring discrimination based on hairstyle and hair texture.
Nick Cross
Nick Cross is a 2020-2021 Justice Catalyst Fellow at Indian Law Resource Center assisting indigenouse people fight to protect territories and human rights through the Coordination of the Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon.
Mackenzie Halter
Mackenzie Halter is a 2020-2021 Justice Catalyst Fellow at the Debt Collective designing and implementing a Bail Debt Dispute Tool.
Ginger Cline
Ginger Cline is a 2020-2021 Justice Catalyst Fellow at Al Otro Lado using impact litigation to defend the rights of asylum-seeking individuals.
Elizabeth Lewis
Elizabeth Lewis is a 2020-2021 Justice Catalyst Fellow at Beyond Legal Aid working with community-based organizations to support LGBTQI+ immigrants.
Maya Ragsdale
Maya Ragsdale is a 2020-2021 Justice Catalyst Fellow at Dream Defenders providing legal, policy, and strategic support to abolitionist organizers fighting to end pretrial detention and close jails in Miami-Dade County.
Chelsea Gabriela Tejada
Chelsea Gabriela Tejada is a 2020-2021 Justice Catalyst Fellow at the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project working to protect the rights of noncitizen immigrants in government custody.
Zoe Tucker
Zoe Tucker is a 2020-2021 Justice Catalyst Fellow at UNITE HERE Local 11 supporting workers in asserting and expanding their protections against sexual assault and harassment in hotel jobs.
Stephanie Alvarez-Jones
Stephanie Alvarez-Jones is a 2019-2020 Justice Catalyst Fellow at Texas RioGrande Legal Aid documenting and challenging conditions for immigrant mothers and children while coordinating a rapid-response team against abrupt immigration policy changes.
Michael Saavedra
Michael Saavedra is a 2020-2021 Justice Catalyst Fellow at Youth Justice Coalition working to remove barriers that block many formerly incarcerated individuals from becoming lawyers.
Scott W. Stern
Scott W. Stern is a 2020-2021 Justice Catalyst Fellow with Greenpeace International's Legal Unit addressing slavery at sea.
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