José A. Palma

Legal Program Coordinator

José A. Palma brings a decade of success fighting for social and economic justice and immigrants’ rights to Justice at Work. José was born in Usulután, El Salvador. He came to the United States in 1998 and has lived in Lynn, MA since 2002. José earned his Associate of Science Degree in Paralegal Studies at North Shore Community College in 2011, which included an internship at Greater Boston Legal Services. Before joining Justice at Work, José was the Political and Organizing Director for Neighbor-To-Neighbor, where he led efforts to combine issue organizing with electoral work. José has also worked with Centro Presente and the Student Immigrant Movement and is the co-founder of the Massachusetts TPS Committee. Image: [jatwork.org](https://jatwork.org/about-us/our-team/ "Jatwork")