Mirella Ceja-Orozco

Mirella serves as counsel on the United States Senate Judiciary Committee. She formerly served as an immigration attorney and clinical law professor in the Twin Cities. She dedicated her legal career to helping people navigate the complicated world of immigration law after experiencing its complexities and witnessing its devastating impact on her own family.

Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Mirella moved to the Twin Cities for law school and earned her law degree in 2012 from the Mitchell Hamline School of Law. While in law school, she studied abroad in Florence, Italy, with U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. She has bachelor’s degrees in political science and Native American studies from UC Davis, as well as paralegal certification from UC Berkeley.