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ABOUT

EDUCATION

  • New York University Silver School of Social Work, MSW

  • New York University School of Law, LLM in International Legal Studies

  • New York Peace Institute, Conflict Mediation Certification

  • American University Washington College of Law, Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

  • Leiden Universiteit (The Netherlands), 1-yr study abroad law program

  • Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico), JD equivalent

EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

  • Private practice and consultancy

  • Montefiore Health System/Bronx Health Collective/Terra Firma

  • Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services

  • Roberto Clemente Center

  • Neil A. Weinrib and Associates (Immigration Law)

  • Center for Reproductive Rights

  • International Center for Transitional Justice

  • Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (OAS)

  • Human Rights Commission for Mexico City

LANGUAGES

OTHER

  • Spanish - native

  • English - fluent

  • Portuguese - proficient 

  • Italian - beginner

  • French - beginner

  • Clinical Social Worker licensed by the State of NY

  • Authored scholarly publications can be found here

  • Editorial Board member and manuscript reviewer of the American Psychological Association's journal Psychological Trauma: Theories, Research, Practice, and Policy

  • Collaboration with ACLU providing expert opinion for federal litigation (available here), and with Human Rights First to produce report on immigration detention conditions (available here)

  • Member of the Bronx Immigration Partnership

  • Registered vendor in the New York Statewide Financial System (SFS)

© 2024 by Brenda Punsky, LCSW, LLM 

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