Sandra Geiger
Sandra Geiger joined the Chan Law Firm in January 2015 as a Paralegal. Sandra was born and raised in Mexico. She graduated from Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas with a degree in International business. She worked in her family business in Mexico. She is fluent in both English and Spanish.
Sandra immigrated to the United States in 2003 when she married her husband Brian. She knows and understands from her own personal experience what the immigration process is like. It was a journey that she describes as absolutely worth it when finally being able to be with your significant other. Sandra is a mother of two girls. She became a citizen of the United States in 2010.
Sandra worked as a Paralegal and Interpreter for a Personal Injury and Workers Compensation Law Firm. This first experience as a Paralegal lead her in the right direction in her career. When she came to the United States, her dream was to have a job where she could make a difference in people’s lives specially her own people. For this reason, the Chan Law Firm was a perfect fit for her.
Sandra’s passion to help and serve the community, the families that want to reunite with their love ones, men and women that want a better future for their families; for this and much more Sandra does not call this her job but her chance to put her heart on what she loves most doing.
Adriana Guadana-Huizar
Adriana graduated college in May of 2021 as a first-generation student. A proud daughter of two Mexican immigrants, she earned her Bachelor of Arts in International Studies and Anthropology. Adriana interned with the Chan Law Firm in 2019, and upon graduation joined the team.
Her passion for immigration came from her family’s personal challenges within the immigration system. She vividly remembers the long, systemic hurdles of filling out immigration paperwork: particularly the language barriers, economic challenges, and sheer lack of understanding of the process.
She hopes to one day become an immigration attorney and help families like hers be able to understand and obtain immigration relief. She keeps the stories shared with her close to her heart, and fully believes it is these stories that are her drive and fuel to continue to advocate.
Sammy Jo Apodaca
Sammy Jo Apodaca (she/her/ella) was born and raised in El Paso, Texas and moved to Denver in August 2019. She earned her B.A. in Criminal Justice and Legal Studies from the University of Texas at El Paso and is pursuing law school. Sammy is passionate about immigration and civil rights and is committed to bridging the gap between fear and immigration. She finds pleasure in working with people of different backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities and takes honor in supporting these diverse group of individuals. She is bilingual in English and Spanish and has had a passion for helping people who don’t speak English for as long as she can remember. These early experiences helped shape her relationship with immigration, and she is eager to dedicate her career to serving individuals of different backgrounds. In her free time Sammy Jo enjoys spending time with her dog, hiking, and trying new food.
Karina Soto
Karina Soto was born and raised in San Fernando Valley, California and recently moved to Colorado.
She studied at the Los Angeles Mission College and earned an Academic Associates in Paralegal Studies in 2022.
Karina was raised in an immigrant-populated area in Los Angeles. She first-hand witnessed the critical role that immigrants played in building the America we know today, but severely lacked representation in political and economic sectors. She felt that being an advocate in the immigration field would allow her to be an agent of change.
Her extensive experience as an immigration paralegal led her to join the Chan Law Firm in July of 2022.
She aspires to one day obtain her degree in criminal justice and be an advocate for the underrepresented.
In her free time, Karina enjoys watching Telenovelas, visiting her mother’s hometown in Jerez, Zacatecas, Mexico, shopping, and eating In n Out.
