At ALA, she manages their immigration program and provides direct legal services to clients in the areas of naturalization, DACA, family petitions, adjustment of status, among others. Since moving to the Bay Area in 2006, she has been actively working on immigration issues such as the Santa Clara County detainer policy and helping to coordinate county-wide responses to the policy on Deferred Action for immigrant youth and preparing for Comprehensive Immigration Law. She received her Bachelor in Science and Law degrees from the University of the Philippines and has a Masters in Law from the Université de Marseille Aix in Aix-en- Provence, France.