ANGELA TORREGOZA, immigration attorney and rif LEGAL TEAM MEMBER

Angela is an attorney on RIF’s legal team. She graduated summa cum laude from CUNY City College of New York with dual majors in Sociology and Education and received her J.D. from CUNY School of Law where she was awarded the Larry Levine Human Rights Fellowship. Angela is passionate about immigration and herself immigrated to the United States as a young adult. After arriving in the United States, she became an advocate for immigrants and immigrant rights. Apart from her work with RIF, Angela supports Queens residents at the Center for the Integration and Advancement of New Americans (CIANA) and is a board member at Project Attica, a non-profit organization that promotes youth empowerment and social justice through the arts.