Manuela Montoya Ramirez is a psychologist and lawyer from Colombia, holding a degree from the University of La Sabana. She has pursued advanced studies, earning a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, Italy, as well as an LLM (Master of Laws) from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. During her time at the University of Illinois, she participated in the immigration law clinic, where she gained valuable hands-on experience working on various immigration cases. She also completed her internship at The Immigration Project.