Eliana B., also known as Diana B., was born in Mexico City. Growing up, she became a US Citizen and later lived in Florida. After working hard for several years at what was then a major electrical contracting company, she left to pursue a higher education. When she graduated from the University of San Francisco, she pursued a degree in mathematics and national origin studies, eventually becoming an immigration attorney.
Throughout much of her schooling, she maintained a dual citizenship with the United States and Mexico. It was not until her graduation from law school that she considered applying for a naturalization class but was declined. Instead, she concentrated on studying the Spanish language to become a fluent speaker. Despite her lack of formal training, Eliana B. qualified as an entry-level translator for the NIEB (National Institute of Immigration). In this capacity, she performed many functions contributing to the US economy, including serving as an administrative assistant to INS (INS Homeland Security) administrator John Sullivan, assisting in the processing of H-1B visas, preparing legal documents regarding the status of immigrant alien students, assisting in the preparation of visa applications for foreign students, assisting in providing information to the USCIS concerning the benefits available to foreign students to returning to the United States, advising USCIS attorneys on the immigration classification and law of their clients, assisting in the processing of petitions for adjust status, assisting with the adjudication of claims for aliens who were defrauded or injured while in the United States, among others.
As a result, Eliana B. now works as an Immigration Attorney atorneyships for Immigration Related Matters. She is very involved in all areas of Immigration Law, concentrating primarily on the issues of nationality and eligibility. She presents cases before the Supreme Court of the United States as well as representing clients in immigration proceedings before the ALEA (American Labor Association Immigration) and USCIS (USCIS) administrative courts. She also serves as counsel to the National Citizenship Center and Immigration Lawyer Referral Service.