Maria C. Chavez

Maria C. Chavez, the daughter of Salvadoran immigrants, is the Immigration Legal Director at Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans (PANA) in San Diego, CA. 

She represents clients in a wide range of immigration matters including removal defense in immigration court, family-based petitions, and humanitarian remedies. 

She frequently gives presentations around the community on various topics in immigration and nationality law and volunteers with immigrant rights organizations throughout San Diego, including the Community Law Project and the San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium. 

She is a member of American Immigration Lawyers Association, Lawyers Club of San Diego, and the San Diego County Bar Association. 

She is a 2009 graduate of the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law.

Maria is admitted to the State Bar of Maryland, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the Supreme Court of the United States, and is licensed to practice law before the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration Courts nationwide.

She is fluent in Spanish.