In this episode, Bernice Espinoza, removal defense staff attorney with Vital Immigrant Defense and Advocacy Services (VIDAS Legal) of Sonoma County, shares her story of a life-long dedication to activism and advocacy. After law school, she became a public defender and a crimmigration specialist, eventually joining VIDAS to provide critical legal services to the immigrant community. Espinoza has also been a poet since childhood, and shares a few of her works with us while discussing how her practice has influenced her art and her art her practice. She exhorts those who are able to consider giving to VIDAS to support their mission of providing free legal services to immigrants who otherwise could not afford them.
This episode was hosted by Maybell Romero, Associate Professor of Law at Northern Illinois University College of Law. Romero is on Twitter at @MaybellRomero.
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