Rosie Read is the founder of Wyoming Immigrant Advocacy Project. She is a bilingual immigration attorney with more than sixteen years of experience and an established community leader on immigration issues in the Teton region and beyond. 

Antes de lanzar WIAP, Rosie trabajó como abogada de inmigración en la ACLU de Wyoming, asumiendo la responsabilidad de crear un nuevo programa de derechos de los inmigrantes y ampliar los esfuerzos de la organización para salvaguardar los derechos de los inmigrantes en todo el estado. Antes de su mandato en la ACLU, Rosie fue directora del programa del área de Teton para Climb Wyoming, un programa estatal sin fines de lucro que equipa a madres solteras de bajos ingresos con habilidades laborales y facilita su colocación profesional. En reconocimiento a su liderazgo dentro del programa Climb durante la pandemia de coronavirus, Rosie obtuvo una nominación como Mujer influyente del Wyoming Business Report 2020.

The bulk of Rosie’s career has been spent as a private immigration practitioner in Teton County, Wyoming. As an associate at Jackson’s only private immigration law firm for nearly ten years, she provided representation in a wide range of practice areas, including employment- and family-based adjustment of status, naturalization, removal defense, federal court litigation, and various forms of humanitarian relief. In 2018, Rosie was appointed as a legal services provider in U visa, VAWA, and naturalization matters through Mexico’s Program of Legal Assistance to Mexicans through External Legal Assistance in the United States (PALE) program.

Beyond her legal career, Rosie has committed herself to various causes. She has served as a crisis services case manager in Jackson, Wyoming, pro bono refugee attorney in Johannesburg, South Africa, and volunteer with organizations dedicated to issues ranging from affordable housing to nonprofit community radio. She holds an undergraduate degree in philosophy from Purdue University and a juris doctor degree from Seattle University School of Law.