Nikiya Natale

Nikiya Natale is an attorney with an extensive background in the areas of immigration and civil rights. Her work focuses mostly on critical issues affecting the Muslim community. Nikiya previously served as the inaugural Legal Director for the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Her prior experience also includes managing the immigration legal program at Refugee Services of Texas. Nikiya earned her J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law and has a bachelor's degree in Anthropology and Economics from the University of Pittsburgh. Nikiya also fights for abortion access as the Statewide Manager with both the Texas Equal Access Fund and Lilith Fund for Reproductive Equity and serves on the Legislative Committee for the Innocence Project of Texas.