Carla is an Associate at Fragomen’s New York office, where she advises multinational clients on U.S. federal immigration and nationality law, nonimmigrant visas and permanent residence. She has experience advising leading multinational corporate clients across a wide range of industries, including pharmaceutical, insurance, management consulting and financial companies, on all major U.S. employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant matters, including the PERM labor certification process.

During law school, Carla served as a Staff Editor for the New York Law School Law Review and was a member of the Dean’s Leadership Council, which participated in a series of dialogues tackling policy issues that affect New York City. She also was a Judicial Intern for the Honorable Joel H. Slomsky, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Carla’s pro bono experience includes working with the Safe Passage Project, a nonprofit assisting refugee and immigrant children in the New York City area, where she screened and represented juveniles before the Executive Office for Immigration Review and researched memoranda in support of special immigrant juvenile petitions. She has also presented Know Your Rights and family emergency planning presentations with the Children’s Aid Society.

Carla speaks English and Spanish.