The Your Story Matters Podcast Episode 22: Lisa D. Ramirez, Esq. & Elizabeth Maciel (English Episode)

Our brains are hardwired for connection and stories. This podcast is all about amplifying both. Now more than ever our stories matter. On this episode of the Your Story Matters Podcast I am excited to have a co-host, Elizabeth Maciel, Corona High School English Language Development award-winning educator, teacher, past interpreter/translator and current CABE Riverside Chapter Board member. Elizabeth and I are going to have a conversation with Attorney Lisa Ramirez, Founding Partner, U.S. Immigration Law Group, LLP. Lisa is a California State Bar Immigration and Nationality Law Specialist and notably one of the first women and the first Spanish speaking specialist in Orange County. Lisa has been volunteering her expertise with the OC Immigration Coalition for close to a decade. Her practice focuses on Department of Homeland Security I-9 investigations and audits, establishing compliance programs for companies, and obtaining various visas for professional athletes, artists, scientists, and religious workers. Additionally, she supports family-based immigration through petitions and waivers, naturalization, and removal (deportation) defense in Federal Immigration Court. Lisa is most proud of her pro bono work on behalf of the most vulnerable immigrants, including asylum seekers, trafficking victims, and battered women and children. She is a past president of the Hispanic Bar Association of Orange County and has served on the Hispanic Advisory Commission for the Orange County District Attorney’s Office for over two decades.  She is a current Board member of the Orange County Bar Association, the Public Law Center, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit providing free legal services to low-income residents and other nonprofits in Orange County and NETWORK Lobby, an inclusive, national, Catholic advocacy organization working to achieve equity and justice for everyone. has been providing the biweekly legislative updates for the OC Immigration Group made up of non-profits working together to help families and children. She has recently announced her candidacy for Congress and she still made time to share her knowledge to help anyone listening to this podcast. We are so excited for you to listen to this conversation today.

The information presented in this podcast is for informational purposes only. Please seek legal consultation for if you need specific guidance for your own situation.

This podcast was recorded before the recent Supreme Court decision regarding ICE.

www.lisaramirez.com 

U.S. Immigration Law Group, LLP

LinkedIn: Lisa D. Ramirez

LinkedIn: Elizabeth Maciel

American Association of Interpreters and Translators in Education (AAITE)

Beyond being a teacher, Elizabeth Maciel is professional available for interpreting and translating consulting work. Reach out to her via LinkedIn. Much gratitude for her jumping in as co-host and doing the Spanish version of this episode.