Araceli Argueta is the Organizing and Advocacy Director for AFSC's New Jersey Immigrant Rights Program. Araceli is an organizer, anthropologist and campaigner from El Salvador. She has organized for more than 10 years across Latin America with women, youth and indigenous people, creating tools and tactics to mobilize people from different backgrounds. She has worked on gender rights, migration, environmental and biocultural protection.
Alexandra (Alex) Gonçalves Peña is the Legal Services Director of the American Friends Service Committee’s Immigrant Rights Program in Newark, New Jersey. Specializing in removal defense and asylum law, Alex brings over sixteen years of direct legal service experience to AFSC and a proven track record of leadership and innovation in nonprofit organizations.
Claire Hannapel is a Donor Liaison and Gift Planning Partner with AFSC.