Maler Suresh

Maler Suresh is serving as an AmeriCorps Legal Advocate in MLRI’s Health Law unit. Prior to working at MLRI, she gained experience at MassHealth, as well as public health and legal aid organizations in her hometown of Buffalo, NY. These experiences have driven her passion for community advocacy and her commitment to improving access to […]

Yeili Osornio-Castrejon

Yeili is a sophomore Tisch Scholar at Tufts University studying Political Science and Spanish Literature. Her academic interests center on immigration and human rights. Through her studies and experiences traveling to Thailand, she has developed a strong interest in understanding how legal and political systems shape communities and access to resources. She is passionate about […]

Brad Gibbs

Originally from Houston, Texas, Brad graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in Computer Science in May 2026. This coming year he will be a part of the Orthodox Volunteer Corps, through which he is joining the immigration team at MLRI. In his free time, Brad enjoys tennis, ballet, and cooking.

Hafsa Amir

Hafsa joined MLRI as a Language Access Fellow in September 2026 after completing her Masters in Theology at Harvard Divinity School. Her research there was focused on the categorization of sexual violence in classical Islamic law and how it continued to shape policies and laws concerning sexual violence today. She brings an interdisciplinary lens to […]

Zahra Haghi

Zahra is a Harvard Law School LL.M. graduate with a strong interest in immigration and public-interest law. Before studying abroad, Zahra worked as a corporate lawyer in Iran. Her own experience as an international student navigating immigration systems, together with witnessing the immigration challenges faced by members of the Iranian community, sparked her interest in […]

Richard Weng

Richard is a fourth-year Political Science and International Affairs student with double minors in Global Asian Studies and Law & Public Policy at Northeastern University. Throughout his undergraduate courses and time spent traveling abroad, he specialized in studying how law, culture, and society influence the representation of vulnerable communities on both the domestic and international […]

Vivian Tran

Vivian Tran is a 3L at Suffolk University Law School. She graduated magna cum laude with a B.S. in Psychology and minors in Law, Values, and Policy and Business Administration. The daughter of refugees, she grew up translating and navigating systems on behalf of her family — work that long preceded law school and continues […]

Mariel Fulghum

After serving as an AmeriCorps Legal Advocate in MLRI’s Economic Justice and Family Law units for 1 year, Mariel Fulghum now serves as a Economic Justice Fellow. Prior to working at MLRI, Mariel interned at Northeast Legal Aid in Lynn, MA, and at the Court Service Center at the Massachusetts Trial Court in Lawrence, MA. […]