Martine Pierre-Louis manages Interpreter Services and Community House Calls at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. She holds a master in public health with a focus on international health. A Haitian Creole and French interpreter for over a decade, Martine is a founding member and past board member for both the Society of Medical Interpreters and the National Council on Interpreting in Health Care. For many years, she has been involved in community-based public health efforts with a focus on access to health care and for refugees and immigrants.

Vicky is an immigration attorney and a partner at Dobrin & Han, PC, an immigration law firm in Seattle that focuses on asylum, removal defense, family-based immigration, citizenship, and federal court litigation. She is a member of the State Bar of Washington, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Vicky received her J.D. from the University of Arizona in 1998 and her B.A. from the University of Washington in 1993.

Josh is an attorney in the in the Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Securities group at Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP, where he has also done pro bono work on a number of immigration matters. Prior to attending law school, Josh served as an officer in the United States Navy, where he served on submarines. Josh received his B.A. in history from the University of Notre Dame, his M.B.A from Indiana University South Bend, and his J.D. from the University of Washington.

Truong emigrated to the U.S. in 1980 as the youngest child of a Vietnamese refugee family of nine. Truong works in the retirement plan market as an investment analyst for Kibble & Prentice. He has a degree in Economics from Knox College.

Carrie is an active volunteer with NWIRP, representing asylum seekers and immigrant victims of domestic violence. She is an associate at Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP, where she is developing a practice in intellectual property. Prior to K&L Gates, Carrie worked for Hudson & Co. Solicitors, a business and immigration firm in London, UK, and was also a volunteer for Catholic Charities immigration division. She was awarded the International Association of Trial Lawyers Student Advocacy Award for her work representing asylum seekers through Georgetown University Law Center's Center for Applied Legal Studies both as advocate and translator. She received her B.A. from the University of Washington and her J.D. from Georgetown University. She is fluent in French and Spanish.

A zealous advocate for immigrants and refugees, Sandra joined NWIRP's Board of Directors in April 2004. Born in El Salvador, she has a profound understanding of the types of horror that causes people to seek asylum and protection in the United States. Sandra is a high school teacher and active volunteer and member of many immigrant community coalitions.

Chris is a partner at Costello & Black, P.S., a law firm in Seattle dedicated primarily to criminal defense. He has represented immigrant clients seeking post-conviction relief due to defects in the underlying criminal proceedings and has advised immigration attorneys on various aspects of criminal law. Chris is committed to assisting immigrants in avoiding excessive impact from the criminal justice system. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a B.A. in Economics in 1997, and received his law degree from the University of Washington in 2001.

Rubén is a Catalan immigrant from Spain who came to the States in 1999 as a student. He holds a B.A. from Knox College and two M.A. degrees from the U. of Kansas and the UW. He has taught Modern and Ancient languages at the university level. Rubén has also collaborated with both the Spanish and American Red Cross and the ACLU of Washington, among other organizations. Currently, he is the Legal Program Assistant at the ACLU of Washington Foundation, and plans to attend law school in the near future.

Beth Peterman started out with NWIRP as a volunteer in the VAWA unit in 1995-1997. She has worked on public health issues in other countries and in immigrant communities in Seattle. Beth has a Master of Public Health degree and is currently a Program Officer in Global Health at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.