May 2024 New Employees

Welcome to HLS!

We’d like to welcome the 12 new employees who joined HLS in May!

Andrea Alvarez

Program Administrator
Department: Harvard Legal Aid Bureau

Ashli Black

Front Desk and Program Coordinator
Department: Office of Career Services
Joining HLS from: Harvard College
Fun Fact: I love classic and modern classic lit– I just finished Wuthering Heights and have started One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest!

Angela Camachho-DeSousa

Faculty Assistant
Department: FSS
Fun Fact: I am currently listening to the podcast Psychology of Your 20s.

Brigitte Fink

Senior Research Coordinator
Department: Berkman Klein Center

Savannah Garcia

Service Desk Associate
Department: ITS
Joining HLS from: Northeast Independent School District

Krista Heilman

Events and Operations Assistant
Department: DOS
Joining HLS from: Cooperative for Human Services
Fun Fact: I have an orange cat named Mango who loves to go on walks!

Kayla Kaszyca

Communications and Operations Assistant
Department: DOS
Joining HLS from: Niche.com
Fun Fact: In 2023 I published a book called Sounds Fake but Okay: An Asexual and Aromantic Perspective on Love, Relationships, Sex, and Pretty Much Anything Else.

Alma Lafler

Financial Associate
Department: Finance
Joining HLS from: Somerville, MA
Fun Fact: I recently learned how to solve a Rubik’s cube

Suzete Lopes

Student Financial Services Coordinator
Department: Student Financial Services
Joining HLS from: Curry College
Fun Fact: I love to read.

Katherine Qian

Senior Engineer
Department: Berkman Klein Center

Ilina Shah

Coordinator
Department: Office of Clinical and Pro Bono Programs
Joining HLS from: Office of Congresswoman Katherine Clark
Fun Fact: I’m learning to surf and can now say I have swam in the ocean in the middle of winter!

Samantha Shireman

Product Manager
Department: Berkman Klein Center