FENIX brings together international experts from around the world, combining experience in international law, criminal law, history, human and women's rights and field work in refugee camps worldwide, to create an outstanding team of volunteers.
We look for highly trained, dedicated & passionate individuals that want to effect change on the ground.
Our teams are composed of translators, lawyers, psychologists and community ambassadors, all of which are essential to provide effective legal aid, help refugees navigate the complicated and difficult asylum process and document the human rights abuses committed against those fleeing violence in their countries.
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Our work combats the entrapment of displaced people in the Greek islands and is the first step towards building a new life in Europe.
WHO WE ARE
OUR TEAM
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Matt Shroyer
PRESIDENT - TREASURER
Matt taught English in rural South Korea before moving to New York City, where he practiced for eight years as an attorney focusing on criminal defense and civil rights litigation. Matt holds a JD from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
Alex Dobson
DIRECTOR - SECRETARY
Alex has experience as an interpreter and coordinator with Rowing Together, a women’s medical clinic at Moria Camp, Lesvos. He has also worked with Utopia 56 in Calais as a distribution coordinator. He graduated from the University of Oxford with a B.A. in History.
Ana Liz Chiban
VICE-PRESIDENT
Ani worked for six years in criminal litigation in Argentina. She participated in various research projects addressing women’s rights and specialized in the intersection between criminal law and gender justice. She holds an LL.M. from Harvard Law School.
Mazelle Etessami
DIRECTOR
Mazelle, a first generation Iranian-American, has worked for Amnesty International's Digital Verification Corps Team at the UC Berkley Human Rights Center and has experience as a Farsi translator in Lesvos. She graduated from UC Berkeley in Political Science.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Amanda Muñoz de Toro
Amanda has experience as Coordinator and Director of Operations in organizations providing aid to refugees in Spain, Greece and Italy and in advocacy and engagement projects in the Middle East and the Rohingya camps in the Myanmar-Bangladesh border. Amanda is a licensed attorney from Argentina. She holds an LL.M. from the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute and a Masters in Public Policy from Oxford.
Amanda Muñoz de Toro
COORDINATOR
Ana Liz Chiban
HEAD
Astha Dhanda
RESEARCH OFFICER
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Mazelle Etessami
HEAD