San Francisco Team

Ana Moraga Archila brings direct services, teaching and entrepreneurial experience to her position at KIND. Prior to KIND, Ana was at Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project where she provided legal representation to unaccompanied minors in removal proceedings and detained adults found mentally incompetent to stand trial. In addition, Ana led group and individual trainings for detainees at Adelanto Detention Center for the Legal Orientation Program. Ana’s interest in the law was awakened through her experience as co-founder of the organization MuJER- Mujeres por la Justicia, Educación y el Reconocimiento (Women for Justice Education and Awareness). Ana served as MuJER’s Executive Director for five years. She developed spaces of personal and political empowerment with Central American women sex workers and advocated for policies to end violence against women in Guatemala. Ana’s work with MuJER was recognized by the White House in 2012; she was honored as a Champion of Change for her contributions in the development of the Americas. Ana has led workshops and spoken worldwide on non-violence against women, sex work, sexual health and reproductive rights, and women’s rights. Ana joins KIND as a member of the San Francisco Immigrant Legal Defense Collaborative. Ana’s work is driven by her experience as an immigrant in the US and sustained by the love of her partner and family, in addition to her practice in the Afro-Brazilian martial art of Capoeira. Ana received her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law and is a member of the California State Bar.

Carol Bisharat is KIND’s Senior Attorney for unaccompanied minors in San Francisco. She brings a breadth of experience to her job, having worked as a deputy public defender and later as a solo practitioner focused on juvenile defense, immigration and appellate work. What began as the focus of a master’s thesis at the University of Alcala de Henares, Spain, — the plight of unaccompanied migrant children– led her to serve on a delegation to Guatemala in 2014 investigating the condition of children, and subsequently to work at the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and now KIND as part of a San Francisco grant to provide access to counsel for unaccompanied children and their families. Carol practices in a variety of venues, primarily pursuing asylum and SIJS for her clients. She also provides pro bono mentorship for KIND’s San Francisco cases. Carol is fluent in Spanish and loves to travel.

Gabriela Moraga has centered her professional career around advocating for immigrants’ rights. Before joining KIND, she graduated magna cum laude from the University of San Francisco School of Law where she was the President of Student Immigration Law Association. She also participated in both the Immigration and Deportation Defense Clinic and Immigration Policy Clinic as a clinic student. While a clinic student she worked with a detained client through the BIA Pro Bono Project where she successfully advocated for the client to be released from detention and reunite with his family. Gabriela was also a law school extern at Centro Legal de La Raza where she helped develop the Youth Project, which was dedicated to working with unaccompanied minors. After becoming a licensed attorney, Gabriela returned to her alma mater of USF to support the Immigration and Deportation Defense clinic as an attorney where she represented adults and youth in removal proceedings. Gabriela has now joined KIND as a Staff Attorney to continue her passion in working with immigrant youth.

Heidi Gonzalez was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She graduated from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles with an Immigrant Advocacy Concentration in May 2021 and began her Equal Justice Works Fellowship with KIND in September 2021. Prior to joining KIND, Heidi interned at the Loyola Immigrant Justice Clinic, Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and worked at El Rescate Legal Services. Additionally, she volunteered with Al Otro Lado in Tijuana, Mexico to assist families and unaccompanied children applying for asylum. Heidi also traveled to El Paso, Texas to volunteer with the United Neighborhood Organization assisting detained clients in removal proceedings. Heidi is passionate about immigrant rights and is excited to continue pursuing her passion throughout her fellowship with KIND.

Florencia was born and raised in El Salvador. Prior to joining KIND, Florencia worked in a private immigration law firm in San Francisco providing assistance in cases that focused on asylum, U Visa, VAWA, DACA, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, provisional waiver applications, naturalization and family-based visas. Florencia received a law degree in El Salvador from Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas. Florencia moved to the United States and obtained a Master of Comparative Law at California Western School of Law. Prior to moving to the Bay Area, Florencia worked at the International Rescue Committee in San Diego and was a BIA accredited representative.

Karina Castro serves as a Paralegal in KIND’s San Francisco office. She provides a range of case support for children referred to KIND in Bay Area counties. Karina was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. As the child of Central American immigrants, she was inspired at an early age by her parents’ struggles and triumphs. She has been fortunate to study in San Salvador, El Salvador and Córdoba, Argentina. During her master’s program she studied in Mexico City, Mexico where she volunteered at a migrant shelter. She also participated in a course on refugee management service in Rome, Italy. Her master’s program research was based in Tijuana, Mexico and focused on how service providers responded to the Haitian refugee crisis. Karina holds degrees in Latin American and International Studies and a Masters in Migration Studies from the University of San Francisco, as well as a paralegal certificate from West Los Angeles College. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends and exploring new hiking trails throughout the city.

Yamileth is a Paralegal at KIND’s San Francisco office. She joined the KIND team in November 2021. Prior to KIND, Yamileth worked 4 years as a paralegal in a private immigration firm where she met with clients, including unaccompanied minors, and prepared applications for asylum and other forms of relief. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a B.A. degree in Political Science and a minor in Spanish Language and Literature. While in undergrad she was an active member of the Latino Pre-Law Society and volunteered at legal clinics for low-income immigrant communities in the Bay Area. She is the daughter of Mexican immigrants and a passionate advocate for immigrant rights. Yamileth is fluent in Spanish.