Seeing how much immigration can chane people’s lives inspires me to want to help in any way I can.”

Karina is the legal assistant for Hogan & Vandenberg – Philadelphia office. She has experience with legal records and working with immigrants as an intern at HIAS PA, also doing extensive research on Temporary Protected Status for countries in Central and South America. Like many of our clients, she has followed her parents’ immigration journey in the United States, adding personal experience to her technical knowledge of the subject. Karina has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pittsburgh majoring in Criminal Justice and two minors in Political Science and Legal Studies.