In this episode, we pass the mic to Marron Gebremeskel, Esq.!
Marron was born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas. She is the daughter of Eritrean refugees who immigrated to the U.S. before she was born. Marron attended the University of Miami for her Bachelor's degree and Florida State University, College of Law for her Juris Doctorate degree. In college, Marron studied abroad and travelled the world while learning and growing from each experience.
For more than a decade, Marron owned and operated her own immigration law practice where she advocated for immigrants. She has also served as an Asylum Officer and as an Immigration Services Officer for the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security in Houston, Texas. She recently served as a Trial Attorney for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in Fort Worth, Texas. She continues to consult immigrant attorneys through her law practice and is an adjunct professor teaching Immigration Law.
Marron is a wife and mother to three boys, her greatest accomplishments. Since childhood, Marron's writing has served as one of her favorite hobbies and as therapy, and she continues to use it as such while navigating through life. "Cactus Fruit: A Book of Poems," is her debut book about her life experiences.
You can learn more about Marron by visiting her website at https://www.marrongebremeskel.com/, or her Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/Marron-Gebre.... Marron may also be personally contacted by e-mail at info@marrongebremeskel.com.
