Rita Rodriguez - Engberg

Rita Rodriguez-Engberg, Esq. is a Director at Advocates for Children of New York, specializing in Immigrant Students' Rights. Rita has also worked as a Staff Attorney in the same field. Rita has experience as an Associate Lawyer at Clifford Chance US LLP, a Consultant at UNDP, and in public health roles at UNRWA and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). Rita holds a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School, an MPH in Population and Family Health with a focus on Forced Migration from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania. Rita also served as a Head Paralegal at Federal Defenders of New York, Inc.