Anne Chandler is a 1998 cum laude graduate of the University of Houston Law Center where she served on the Houston Law Review, received a Distinguished Service Award, won the Joan Glantz Garfinkel Scholarship for civil liberties research, and served as President of the Public Interest Law Organization, focusing on provision of services to aliens detained in Harlingen, Texas. She received her bachelor’s degree magna cum laude in 1994 from Colorado State University where she majored in political science, receiving a certificate in Latin American studies and writing her thesis on U.S.-Mexico labor relations. Prior to joining the Law Center in 2003, where her practice focuses on immigration issues such as political asylum, special immigrant juvenile status and related claims, she served as the Immigration Attorney for the YMCA International of Houston and as a bilingual teacher (Spanish) in the Alief School District.