Federal Public Defender Jesus Mosqueda will discuss his work advocating for youth and the intersection between criminal defense and immigration law.
Jesus Mosqueda is a Trial Attorney with the Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., where he represents indigent persons accused of criminal offenses in federal court. Prior to being a public defender, Jesus represented undocumented youth in the Los Angeles County juvenile justice system as an immigration attorney. Before law school, Jesus was a high school special education teacher in South Central Los Angeles through Teach for America. Jesus is a proud graduate of Santa Monica Community College, UC Berkeley, and UC Berkeley Law School. Jesus is also the son of former undocumented immigrants from Mexico and the first in his family to earn a professional degree.