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Melanie Teff began her work as an Advocate with Refugees International in July 2007. Ms. Teff’s international experience includes two years in the Solomon Islands with VSO working as a legal advisor to a local nongovernmental organization combating domestic violence and child abuse. She then spent three years as a human rights advocacy trainer in the Dominican Republic, where her focus was on statelessness among the Haitian migrant and refugee communities. Ms. Teff later established and coordinated the international advocacy and policy office for Jesuit Refugee Service in Rome, where she worked between 2003 and 2006. This position involved frequent travel to overseas offices of Jesuit Refugee Service and representing the agency’s advocacy positions in Geneva to UNHCR. Prior to getting involved with international work, Ms. Teff spent eight years as a lawyer in England with a focus on child rights, child abuse, and legal cases involving family law. Ms. Teff is a British citizen, currently completing a Master of Laws degree in International Human Rights Law at the University of Essex. She is also fluent in Spanish. | 