Staff

Noah Aleman (he/him)
Paralegal

Olivia Murphy (she/her)
Paralegal

Pamela Esparza (she/her)
Paralegal
Peter Matarweh (he/him)
Paralegal

Polina Hristova (she/her)
Supervising Attorney

Rachelle Linsenmayer (she/her)
Staff Attorney

Rebecca Olszewski (she/her)
Managing Attorney
Ruby Robinson (he/him)
Senior Managing Attorney
Ruby is a managing attorney at the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center. He focuses primarily on humanitarian relief for victims of domestic violence/crime, as well as naturalization matters. He is also very familiar with the immigration consequences for criminal behavior, specifically Michigan offenses. Ruby graduated from Wayne State University Law School and the University of Michigan. Before joining MIRC, he worked for Lakeshore Legal Aid. During law school, Ruby was a student attorney with the school's Asylum and Immigration Law Clinic. Prior to law school, Ruby served as an AmeriCorps*VISTA in Brooklyn, NY.

Sadia Ghazi (she/her)
Staff Attorney

Sam Kulhanek (she/her)
Staff Attorney

Sandry Doverspike (she/her)
Paralegal
Sarah Schoettle (she/her)
Managing Attorney
Sarah is a managing attorney in the Grand Rapids office. Sarah received her J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2015. She previously worked as a staff attorney at MIRC and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational, and as a lead attorney at the Immigrant Legal Center. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, gardening, and spending time with her family.
Serena Newberry (she/her)
Staff Attorney

Sestina Real-Lule (she/her)
Staff Attorney

Shawn Gillum (he/him)
Staff Attorney (Federal Practice, CO)

Silvia Huth (she/her)
Supervising Program Coordinator

Sokainah Mahmutovic (she/her)
Staff Attorney

Sonia Kim (she/her)
Law Graduate

Stephanie Solis (she/her)
Supervising Program Coordinator
Sullay Garcia (she/her)
Paralegal
Susan E. Reed (she/her)
Director
Susan E. Reed co-founded MIRC at the Michigan Advocacy Program to expand access to immigration legal services and advance pro-immigrant policy in Michigan. Susan has led and partnered on advocacy and impact litigation that has: developed public funding for immigration legal services at the federal, state, county, and city level; preserved and expanded Medicaid access for approximately 85,000 noncitizens; recovered hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost and stolen wages for immigrant workers; advanced civil rights for detained immigrants and people of color targeted by immigration enforcement; and secured legal immigration status and citizenship for thousands of individual clients. Susan was appointed by the Michigan Supreme Court to the inaugural Foreign Language Board of Review following her successful advocacy for the court rule that created the board and expanded language access in Michigan's courts. She represents immigrant and immigrant rights interests as a long-time member of the Michigan State Planning Body for Legal Services and as part of several State Bar of Michigan initiatives. She is a proud member of the first class of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Leadership Network. Susan is a graduate of Marquette University and the University of Minnesota Law School.

Susana Hernandez (she/her)
Staff Attorney

Tammi Cervantes (she/her)
Paralegal

Tania Morris Díaz (she/her)
Managing Attorney