Erika Pinheiro is an immigration attorney and executive leader with over 15 years of experience in developing and managing cross-border legal programs across the U.S. and Latin America.

She lived and worked in Mexico for more than eight years, where she built the Mexican operations of Al Otro Lado from the ground up. Under her leadership, the organization expanded from an all-volunteer collective into a binational provider with six offices, over 70 employees, and an $8.