Job Type: Program Services

Gowri NayarEqual Justice Works Fellow, sponsored by the Clorox Company Foundation and Salesforce, Inc. Gowri (she/her) is currently working with the Wage Protection Program and the Disability Health Justice Program. During her fellowship, Gowri will focus on issues of wage theft and misclassification within the domestic worker and janitorial service industries. Gowri received her undergraduate… Continue reading Gowri Nayar

Alyssa GonzagaFAIR Fellow Alyssa May Gonzaga is the 2025-2027 FAIR Fellow under the Foundation for Advocacy, Inclusion, and Resources. Alyssa earned her B.A. From the University of California, Berkeley and her J.D. From the University of California, Irvine School of Law with Pro Bono High Honors for completing over 200 hours of pro bono work.… Continue reading Alyssa Gonzaga

Victor Felix Severiano,Community Legal Services Program Administrator Victor Felix Severiano is a Program Administrator for our Workers’ Rights Clinics throughout California. As part of the Community Legal Services team, he coordinates the clinics, which provide low-income workers with expert advice from highly experienced attorneys and law student volunteers. Before joining Legal Aid at Work, Victor… Continue reading Victor Felix Severiano

Erica ZermenoIntake and Data Specialist Erica Zermeno (she/her/ella) is an Intake and Data Specialist at Legal Aid at Work. Erica has dedicated her career to advocating for social and economic justice for low-wage workers. She studied law and politics with an emphasis on Latin American politics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, then transferred… Continue reading Erica Zermeno

King Szeto Senior Language Access Coordinator King (he/him) provides language assistance and legal information to low-income workers with limited English capacity. He helped initiate and manages our Chinese-language phone line, and he conducts outreach on employment law weekly through Chinese-language radio and newspapers. Before joining Legal Aid at Work in 2000, King worked as a… Continue reading King Szeto

Valerie Sprague Senior Paralegal Valerie (she/her) comes to us from the Paralegal Program at San Francisco State University where she received her ABA –approved Paralegal Certificate, with honors. She provides legal support across all programs in the organization including researching civil procedure and local rules, performing analysis on discovery, calendaring deadlines, and preparing legal documents.… Continue reading Valerie Sprague

Tishon Smith-Bennett Senior Paralegal/Legal Project Coordinator Tishon enjoys helping people and strongly believes in the power of the law to address issues of social justice. Supporting lawyers across Legal Aid at Work’s programs, she looks up rules and prepares pleadings, subpoenas, deposition notices, spreadsheets, client correspondence, and other documents. Tishon has worked as a legal… Continue reading Tishon Smith-Bennett

Sandra Johnson Senior Racial Economic Justice Workers’ Advocate Sandra Johnson (she/her/hers) grew up in the community that Legal Aid at Work serves. She has experienced incarceration and workplace discrimination and has overcome many barriers because of our systemically racist society. These experiences fuel Sandra’s commitment to advocating for equality for people of color that suffer… Continue reading Sandra Johnson

Natalia GottschalkWork and Family Program Advocate Natalia Gottschalk (they/she/elle/ella) is the Work and Family Program Advocate – supporting the team’s attorneys and legal staff by providing outreach and trauma-informed direct services to working families and domestic violence survivors. Along with having lifelong experience working with marginalized communities, Natalia is a certified domestic violence counselor, and has received awards for their… Continue reading Natalia Gottschalk