LatinoJustice PRLDEF
Lissette Amador has accumulated extensive experience in financial management and banking over two decades. Since October 2013, Lissette has served in various roles at LatinoJustice PRLDEF, currently holding the position of Interim Financial Leads Control, and previously working as a Staff Accountant, Junior Accountant, and Fund Accounting System Administrator. Prior to that, from September 1998 to May 2011, Lissette worked at PDLFB, progressing through roles including Branch Operations Manager, Branch Operations Supervisor, Customer Sales Representative, and Teller, where responsibilities ranged from enhancing branch performance to providing excellent customer service and complying with regulatory policies. Lissette holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Lehman College.
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LatinoJustice PRLDEF
LatinoJustice works to create a more just society by using and challenging the rule of law to secure transformative, equitable and accessible justice, by empowering our community and by fostering leadership through advocacy and education. We accomplish our mission by focusing our work around the following pillars: Immigrants Rights | Economic Justice | Voting Rights | Criminal Justice Reform | Leadership Development We use Impact Litigation, Pipeline Education Programs, and Community Engagement & Advocacy as strategies to execute our work: Our impact litigation cases have helped Latinos access educational, employment and housing opportunities, as well as voting rights. Our legal work has also defended Latinos against unlawful law enforcement tactics and hate crimes. Our pipeline education programs provide Latino students with access and resources to pursue a law degree and other higher education that paves the way for professional success and community leadership. Our community engagement and advocacy initiatives ensure that Latinos participate in daily civil life - such as elevating their voices on issues that matter, such as voting, workers's rights, immigrants rights and criminal justice reform. In sum, to be active members and leaders in their communities. LatinoJustice PRLDEF has served tens of thousand of US citizens, immigrants, and non-Latinos whose rights are protected by the precedents set and behaviors modified through the litigation, advocacy, and legal education outreach of our organization.