Authors and Disclosures
Mary Ellen Biggerstaff, DNP, MSN, RN, FNP
Mary Ellen Biggerstaff is a family nurse practitioner working at Summit Pacific Medical Center and a faculty at Frontier Nursing University. She has published and presented nationally on providing quality healthcare for immigrants and on rural healthcare issues. She completed the Duke Johnson & Johnson Nursing Leadership Fellowship. She is currently an MPH Student at the University of California at Berkeley and is a member of the ARNPs United Board of Washington. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College with a bachelor's degree in International Relations and with an MSN and DNP from Frontier Nursing University. Email: maryellen.biggerstaff@frontier.edu
Taiyyeba Safri Skomra, JD
Taiyyeba Safri Skomra is certified as a specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization. She is a Partner at Stone Grzegorek & Gonzalez LLP. Ms. Skomra was the lead attorney in the case of Calderon-Rodriguez v. Sessions, 878 F.3d 1179 (9th Cir. 2018), involving an immigrant detainee who was denied a proper evaluation of his mental competence. Ms. Skomra graduated magna cum laude from Mount Holyoke College with a bachelor's degree in International Relations, and earned her juris doctor degree from the University of Washington School of Law. She is admitted to practice by the State Bars of Washington, Illinois, and California; she is also admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh and Ninth Circuits. Email: Taiyyeba@sggimmigration.com
