Elia Gil Rojas

Elia joined Vera’s Center on Immigration and Justice in the fall of 2021. She was a program analyst with the center's Legal Orientation Program (LOP) and Legal Orientation Program for Custodians (LOPC). Prior to Vera, Elia held numerous internships at various nonprofits including the UCLA Dream Resource Center, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and the Migration Policy Institute. Elia received her undergraduate degree in public policy analysis with a concentration in politics from Pomona College. Her honors thesis examined the policies regulating the care of unaccompanied minors detained in federal care facilities.