Jill Martin Diaz (they/them) serves as the inaugural Executive Director of the newly incorporated Vermont Asylum Assistance Project (VAAP). They come to VAAP from the Vermont Law and Graduate School faculty where they taught doctrinal and clinical immigration law, and co-founded and directed the Center for Justice Reform Clinic. Previously, Jill practiced as a Vermont Poverty Law Fellow at Vermont Legal Aid and an Immigrant Justice Corps Fellow at Sanctuary for Families New York. Jill partners with Connecting Cultures–New England Survivors of Torture and Trauma (NESTT) as their legal director and also serves on the Vermont Judiciary’s Access to Justice Coalition, the Vermont Legal Aid and Legal Services Vermont Board of Trustees, the Migrant Justice Junta de Apoyo, and the Vermont Queer Legal Professionals co-founding leadership team. The National LGBTQ+ Bar Association honored Jill as one of 2023’s Top 40 Lawyers Under 40. They speak English and Spanish and are licensed in NY, VT, and D-VT. They live in Burlington's Old North End with their partner and favorite lawyer of all time, Erika Johnson, and their poodle-bichon, Penny.