Aarón Siebert-Llera, Esq., has been committed to social justice work for over 20 years, a commitment that began in earnest while he was an undergraduate student at San Francisco State University working towards his BA in Raza Studies (Latino Studies). After graduation he worked as an Americorps fellow at an after-school program in San Francisco's Excelsior District. He moved to Chicago in 2003 for graduate school and completed his Master of Arts in interdisciplinary studies at DePaul University in 2004. He eventually went to Loyola University Chicago's School of Law and graduated in 2009. With a focus on civil rights, his legal career has included work at the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois as an immigrants' rights attorney, legislative and litigation roles at the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, community lawyering with the Inner-city Muslim Action Network, and as a high school law teacher in the Chicago Public Schools. Community centered work remained a core part of his career as he served in the role of director of inclusion at The Morton Arboretum from 2021 – 2023. He now returns to the legal world and is excited to join DePaul University College of Law, eager to return to his alma mater to work with future lawyers.