"Voiceless: Immigrant Children Thrown to the Wolves"
The most disheartening part about working in Immigration Law is the disproportionate numbers of undocumented immigrants who go without...
"Starting the New Year with a Deportation Bang!"
As many American families celebrated and welcomed the New Year with glee, for other undocumented families, the New Year was the beginning...
Monica Valencia becomes a San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association Fellow
Monica Valencia was chosen to be an 2015-2016 SFTLA Fellow by the Diverstiy Committee of the The San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association...
Open Letter to Donald Trump
Educate yourself. Read a book or take a class. Don’t believe that anti-immigrant rhetoric suffocating our society. The problem is that we...
The Deep South: My Summer in Mississippi
Arriving in Mississippi I arrived in Jackson, Mississippi eager to meet people and see everything. I was filled with excitement, but also...
Monica Valencia Becomes an Arthur C. Zief, Jr. Scholar
Monica Valencia was named an Arthur C. Zief, Jr. Scholar at the University of San Francisco. The scholarship amount of $10,000 will help...
Monica Valencia is 1 of 10 students chosen to participate in the Keta Taylor Colby Death Penalty Pro
The Keta Taylor Colby Death Penalty Project (KTC) is a very competative internship program offered by the University of San Francisco....
Recipient of Leon A. and Esther F. Blum Foundation Scholarship
Monica was selected as one of the Leon A. and Esther F. Blum Foundation Scholarship recipients during her first semester at USF Law School.
Graduate School for McNair Scholars
Monica Valencia received several graduate school and law school offers following her graduation from the University of Southern...
Monica Valencia Inducted Into Wall of Scholars | Skull & Dagger Society
"The Skull and Dagger Society, USC’s oldest honor society, created the Wall of Scholars in 1995. Each spring, the names of students who...
