Wyoming Immigrant Advocacy Project supports individuals and families who live or work in the Teton region and face financial barriers due to the high cost of immigration assistance. It is our goal to ensure immigrants know their rights and are treated fairly and humanely by the legal system. WIAP the first and only comprehensive legal aid program for immigrants in Wyoming.
WIAP promotes and defends the rights of all immigrants through free and low-cost legal services, public education, and systemic advocacy.
WIAP envisions a community where all immigrants have access to legal counsel that is both reliable and financially feasible, and where every community member feels empowered to make informed decisions that keep families, neighborhoods, and our economy intact.
We recognize our privilege and obligation to explore and implement policies, practices, attitudes, and actions that produce more equitable power, opportunities, and outcomes for marginalized people, both inside our organization and in our work with clients and partners.
We advocate for the fundamental right of all immigrants to access the legal system and pursue all available immigration benefits in the United States, promote laws and policies that protect immigrant communities, and ensure community decision-making considers immigrant needs.
We honor multiple perspectives and make decisions in collaboration with the communities most impacted.
We work to ensure all people have access to meaningful due process and sound legal advice, regardless of income level or birthplace.
Rosie Read is the founder of Wyoming Immigrant Advocacy Project. She is a bilingual immigration attorney with more than fifteen years of experience in both private practice and the nonprofit sector and an established community leader on immigration issues in the Teton region and beyond. Read More...
An advocate by nature, Mike believes strongly that encouraging inclusion and engagement from a broad range of individuals is critical to keeping Jackson Hole vibrant and healthy. Mike’s involvement in local politics over the last decade and his work on several campaigns for office have cemented his belief in the vital importance of participation and input in the political process by all residents of a community. Read More...
Alina Andraca was born in San Diego, California, and moved to Jackson, Wyoming, at the age of five. Her family, including her parents and four sisters, relocated to Jackson from Guerrero, Mexico, in the early ‘90s. Growing up in Jackson as a Mexican-American, Alina has seen and experienced the cultural changes within this small community firsthand. In joining the WIAP team, Alina was excited to become part of an organization providing services that have been needed for so long in Wyoming. Read More...
Fio Lazarte is a native Peruvian who has lived in Jackson since 2007 and has experienced the U.S. immigration journey firsthand. She teaches third grade students at Munger Mountain Elementary, a dual immersion school where classes are taught in English and Spanish. Read More...
Noah Novogrodsky is a law professor at the University of Wyoming College of Law and the Director of the Center for International Human Rights Law & Advocacy (CIHRLA). Professor Novogrodsky graduated from Swarthmore College with highest honors in 1992. Read More...
WIAP promotes and defends the rights of all immigrants through free and low-cost legal services, public education, and systemic advocacy.
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