Wed, May 21
|ZOOM
Immigration Law and ICE
Casey Bryant and Tessa Lemos Del Pino (Our Beloved Own)
Time & Location
May 21, 2025, 7:00 AM
ZOOM
About the event
Tessa Lemos Del Pino is the Executive Director of Tennessee Justice for Our Neighbors, a nonprofit law office that provides free or low cost legal representation to low-income immigrants seeking humanitarian relief, educates the public about immigration and advocates for immigrant
rights. In her work with TNJFON, she is constantly impressed by the resilience, strength and humility of our clients who remind her of her migrant farmworker parents. Many of them have come here with so little seeking safety and security and have built a life for themselves and their families.
Before taking the helm of Tennessee Justice for Our Neighbors, Tessa held many roles in which she advanced the wellbeing of the marginalized. Amongst the positions she has held in the past are the Director of Finance and Administration at the Center for Global Health and Economic Development, Business Manager at the Mailman School of Public Health, and Site Coordinator and Research Associate at the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University of the City of New York.
In addition to her work at Tennessee Justice for Our Neighbors, Tessa is a alumna of the 2024 Mosaic Changemakers Fellowship that is working together to weave a better south, a member of the Class of 2025 Leadership Nashville, a board member of the Tennessee Alliance for
Legal Services and is an active member of her church where she learned that everyone is a child of God and we are called to love our neighbor.
Tessa graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resource Management and Organizational Development. She also earned her law degree from the University of Washington School of Law. Tessa is admitted to practice in Washington. She is a proud mother of two young adult children and hopes to build a better world for them and anyone who she encounters.
Casey Bryant is the Executive Director of Advocates for Immigrant Rights (AIR) and is licensed to practice law in Tennessee, Arkansas, and New York. Bryant attended the City University of New York (CUNY), a law school dedicated to public service. Bryant serves on the Executive Committee for the LGBT Section of the Tennessee Bar Association, and is the Pro Bono Co-Liaison for the Mid-South Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).
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