Yasmin Yavar gave up a high-paying litigation job in Houston to become a nonprofit lawyer with a mission: helping undocumented juveniles fleeing violence in their home countries obtain U.S. residency.
"I think I was always interested in immigrants. My father is Iranian, actually Kurdish, who was born and raised in India. And my mom emigrated to the U.S. from Nicaragua," Yavar says.
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