Our Team
Grace Benton, Board President
Grace has worked on refugee issues as a language teacher, legal advisor, researcher, and currently, an immigration attorney focusing on deportation defense in Baltimore, Maryland. She worked first as a part-time legal advisor with the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) and then as the Resettlement Coordinator in the Refugee Legal Aid Program at St. Andrew's Refugee Services (StARS) in Cairo, Egypt, from 2014 - 2016. She holds a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and an M.A. in Arab Studies and a Certificate in Refugee and Humanitarian Emergencies from Georgetown University. Before graduate school, she received a Fulbright Fellowship to teach and study in Amman, Jordan from 2011-12.
Cara Kiggins, Board Secretary
Cara served in the Refugee Legal Aid Program at St. Andrew’s Refugee Services (StARS) in Cairo, Egypt in 2009. She has offered support, compassion, and advocacy to survivors of trauma in the U.S. and internationally for more than ten years. She served as Executive Director of Community Outreach & Advocacy for Refugees in Phoenix, Arizona, and was on the Board of Directors of The Arizona Refugee Advancement Coalition. Cara worked and studied in Cairo, Egypt as a Fulbright Fellow, obtaining a Graduate Certificate in Migration and Refugee Studies from the American University in Cairo. She holds an Executive Masters in Public Administration from the University of Washington Evans School of Public Policy and Governance and a B.A. in Anthropology from Arizona State University. She studied Arabic at the American University in Cairo and currently resides in Phoenix, Arizona.