Natalie Cadwalader-Schultheis

Natalie Cadwalader-Schultheis is a dedicated advocate for the human rights of migrants and asylum seekers. Since law school, she has worked for the American Bar Association’s South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project (ProBAR) in the Rio Grande Valley, the United Nations High Commissioner for refugees in Texas and Arizona, The Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project in Arizona, and Al Otro Lado in Southern California.

She comes to HRF with experience representing detained children and adults in removal proceedings, individuals in Remain in Mexico hearings, and children separated from their parents under the Zero Tolerance Policy in their applications for reunification. Her individual research focuses on the ways that the U.S. government employs enforced disappearance as a border management tool. Natalieis a graduate of Berkeley Law and holds a certificate in Mexican Public Law & Policy from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.