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Angelica Matias is a general practice attorney and mediator. After completing a bachelor's
degree in psychology from the University of Puerto Rico in Cayey, Angelica was selected by
the New York City Teaching Fellows Program to work as a Bilingual Special Education Teacher
in New York City. During her law school years, she traveled to Santiago, Chile, Barcelona,
and Ottawa to study comparative law courses, which led her to research subjects like special
education as a human right, bilingualism and linguistic minority rights and juvenile court and
special education students. In her third year of law school, she was selected to participate in the
Legal Honors Program Internship at the National Labor Relations Board in San Juan, Puerto
Rico. In this position, she investigated charges of unfair labor practices. After graduating law
school, Angelica worked as a law clerk for judges of the Puerto Rico Appellate Court and was
legal counsel at the Puerto Rico Judicial Academy. Before moving to Pennsylvania, Angelica was
legal counsel at the Alternate Dispute Resolution Bureau of the Office of Courts Administration
where she led a committee to develop rules and procedures to include minors in the mediation
process in custody cases. She also was involved in drafting Foreclosure Mediation Rules and
Mediation via Videoconference pilot programs. Angelica has offered workshops to attorneys,
mediators and the general public on the benefits of mindfulness meditation for our wellbeing,
productivity and ethical behavior. When she is not working, Angelica is exploring new music.
She has been singing and writing poems for as long as she can remember. From her high school
days of singing in the tradition of the Spanish ¨tunas¨, to her college years of singing with the
university choir, music and songs have been brightening her days. Some of her favorite bands
and singers are Jarabe de Palo, Alejandro Sanz and Pedro Capo. She is always ready for a karaoke
session! Angelica resides with her partner, Vincent, their teenage son and daughter and their
beloved, Lillith, a Labrador Retriever mix, who enjoys music as much as Angelica.
Daniel Cortes is an immigration rights attorney in the Community Justice Project's
Reading office. He earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Kutztown
University. Daniel holds a law degree from Florida International University where he served as
commencement speaker during his class' graduation ceremony. Before joining the Community
Justice Project, Daniel worked as a staff attorney at Legal Aid of Southeastern Pennsylvania. A
Reading High graduate, Daniel spent his youth playing tennis with the City of Reading Tennis
Program - or COR Tennis - and volunteers with the program whenever he can. He has an
eclectic taste in film, listing " Hamilton " , " The Matrix, " " Troy " , and " Titanic " as some of his
favorites. When he's not in the office, Daniel enjoys dancing salsa, working out, and playing
tennis. His playlist includes any French or Portguese music and Latino/Soca rhythms.

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