Naiara graduated with honors from the University of Chicago with a degree in Latin American and Caribbean studies. Previously, she was a policy fellow with NIJC before obtaining her J.D. at the University of Chicago. In law school, Naiara served as a child advocate for unaccompanied immigrant children through the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights, for which she was awarded the Edwin F. Mandel Award for her contribution to the law school’s clinical program, and volunteered with the International Refugee Assistance Project and Latinos Progresando. Prior to graduating, she returned to NIJC as a volunteer for the U Visa clinic and as an Equal Justice America intern with the Immigrant Legal Defense Project. Naiara is licensed to practice law in the state of Illinois.