Dr. Kirsten Rambo is Executive Director of ASISTA, which provides national advocacy, training and technical assistance on rights and routes to status for immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and related crimes.

With over twenty years of experience in local, state, national, and international institutions aimed at preventing domestic and sexual violence, and throughout her career, she has closely collaborated with immigrant and refugee organizations while incorporating a strong intersectional analysis of survivor rights and criminalization. 

Formerly, Dr. Rambo served as the Executive Director of Stand Strong, a domestic violence organization on the Central Coast of California, where she grew the agency budget by fifty percent, including doubling the size of two core departments.  Previously, she held positions as the Director of Programs and Public Policy at the Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence and as Executive Director of the Georgia Commission on Family Violence, where she successfully led two statewide, grassroots legislative efforts on behalf of survivors of family violence.  She led the national domestic violence prevention program at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and is a published author of Trivial Complaints, a book that examines the history of domestic violence law and activism in the US. Dr. Rambo holds a Ph.D. in Women's Studies from Emory University. 

Cecelia serves as Senior Policy Counsel at ASISTA Immigration Assistance, where she focuses on policy, technical assistance, and trainings related to immigration remedies for survivors of violence. Before joining ASISTA in 2012, Cecelia worked as a supervising attorney at Women Empowered Against Violence in Washington, DC representing survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in civil and immigration cases.  She has also provided legal representation to low-income immigrants in a variety of defensive and affirmative immigration applications as a staff attorney at Ayuda in Washington, DC.

Laura  comes to ASISTA with over twenty years' experience having practiced in private, non-profit and academic organizations. While Laura’s experience includes all areas of immigration law, her  primary focus area has been representing and advocating for immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking.  Throughout Laura’s career, she has created various pro bono and education programs, and has served as a mentor to different levels of staff including attorneys, law students,  & BIA accredited representatives.

Amy comes to ASISTA with five years' experience, serving most recently as Senior Staff Attorney for Tahirih Justice Center in Washington, DC. At Tahirih,  Amy represented immigrant survivors of gender-based violence, and was a mentor and trainer for pro bono attorneys needing technical assistance on humanitarian forms of relief including VAWA self-petitions, Battered Spouse Waivers, U and T nonimmigrant status, and asylum.

Ahlam Moussa came to ASISTA in September 2013 with 15 years of prior business administration experience, including project and senior level management experience for multinational corporations. Ahlam is fluent in Arabic and provides administrative support for all staff as well as financial management and budgets.

Maria has been with ASISTA since 2009. She is primarily responsible for ensuring grant compliance and arranging logistics for implementation of ASISTA's project and membership.  She produces and conducts Spanish-language webinars for ASISTA as well as the drafting, editing and translation of many of ASISTA's resources.  She has also served as a BIA accredited representative.