Nancy Umana-Melendez

Nancy Umana-Melendez is an experienced paralegal currently employed at LatinoJustice PRLDEF since June 2022, with additional experience at the Legal Aid Society of Suffolk County, Inc. since February 2018. Previous roles include Junior Support Associate at American Prison Data Systems, PBC from September 2016 to February 2018, and an internship at the NYC Department of Correction in the summer of 2016. Nancy began professional development as a Learning Exchange Student with the Prison-to-College Program under Professor Baz Dreisinger from 2015 to 2016 and interned at the Office of Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand from January to May 2015. Nancy earned a Bachelor's Degree in Criminology from John Jay College (CUNY) between 2013 and 2017 and attended Western Suffolk BOCES from 2013 to 2016.