WENDY N LÓPEZ
Oakland
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Program Manager
Legal Link
Oakland, CA
04.2022 - 07.2024
- Responsible for logging & tracking donations in salesforce, sending thank-letters, updating digital donor portfolios.
- Directly in charge of all data management including data entry and reporting for existing and new grants.
- Coordinated and oversaw weekly legal clinic in English and Spanish screening for legal issues and sharing appropriate resources in Northern California.
- Supervised Legal Link interns and assigned weekly projects and tasks.
- Provided technical, administrative, research, interpretation, organization, social media and design work as needed.
Immigration Legal Fellow
Immigrants Rising
San Francisco, CA
07.2020 - 08.2021
- Attended biweekly immigration law trainings for four months
- Produced four weekly confidential legal memos reviewed by a licensed attorney
- Conducted follow-up calls with users explaining legal remedies outlined in legal memos
- Responsible for reviewing intakes, uploading final legal memos, writing follow-up call notes, and changing case statuses on Salesforce
Legal Assistant
Law Offices Of Janice Cho
Oakland, CA
11.2019 - 06.2020
- Conducted initial intakes with clients seeking Family and Immigration legal services
- Recorded/ tracked initial retainer deposits, invoices, and monthly retainers on QuickBooks
- Responsible for creating case files, updating hearing folders for active cases, maintaining record of active and non-active cases on excel, and coordinating storage pick-ups
Bilingual Client Advocate
Justice & Diversity Center
San Francisco, CA
08.2018 - 11.2019
- Conducted initial intakes with low-income clients searching for pro-bono legal services by monitoring the intake line twice a week and tracking client information on Salesforce
- Liaison between San Francisco Court House, Eviction Defense Collaborative, and Supervising Attorney in preparation for weekly settlement conferences
- Responsible for communication amongst clients and volunteer attorneys by sending out weekly blasts, recruiting volunteer interpreters, matching clients with volunteer attorneys
Housing Outreach Case Manager
Compass Family Services
San Francisco, CA
06.2017 - 08.2018
- Conducted initial intakes to assess program eligibility and provided individualized housing search assistance to families with section 8 vouchers
- Facilitated two weekly affordable housing workshops for families in English and Spanish
- Provided families ongoing case management for up to a year after finding housing
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Media Studies
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA05.2017
Skills
- MS Office, Google Suite, Zoom, Mailchimp, Buffer, Slack, Asana, Wix, WordPress, Flipcause, Adobe Suite, Canva, InDesign
- Westlaw database and Lawyaw
- Salesforce, Prime, QuickBooks, MyCase
- Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, Vimeo
- Fluent in Spanish
- Solution and Detail-Oriented, Dependable, Resourceful, Creative, Team Player
Certification
- Pre-Law Fund Recipient, Immigrants Rising 2021-2022, San Francisco CA
- Crisis De-Escalation and Safety in the Field for Professionals Working with System Involved Families, A Better Way, Inc., June 19, 2018, Berkeley CA
- Legal First Aid for Providers, Project Legal Link, March 20, 2018, San Francisco CA
Timeline
Program Manager
Legal Link
04.2022 - 07.2024
Immigration Legal Fellow
Immigrants Rising
07.2020 - 08.2021
Legal Assistant
Law Offices Of Janice Cho
11.2019 - 06.2020
Bilingual Client Advocate
Justice & Diversity Center
08.2018 - 11.2019
Housing Outreach Case Manager
Compass Family Services
06.2017 - 08.2018
Bachelor of Arts - Media Studies
University of California, Berkeley