Adriana Calderon was born in Mexico and raised in Redwood City, California. She is a Managing Attorney in the Immigration Program at Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto. She works primarily in removal defense cases with Central American and Mexican children who have arrived alone at the U.S.-Mexico border and are victims of abuse and persecution in their native countries. She loves working with her resilient clients and giving back to the community that shaped her. Adriana received her bachelor’s degrees in Political Science and Spanish from the University California, Davis and her juris doctor degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.