Ayodele Gansallo qualified as a Solicitor in England and Wales and is also admitted as an attorney with the New York State Bar. She has been working on Immigration and Nationality issues exclusively with non-profit organizations both here and in the U.K. for nearly thirty years. She is currently the Co-Director of Legal Services with HIAS PA and Vice-Chair to the Philadelphia Chapter of AILA.
Ms. Gansallo is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Transnational Legal Clinic and is co-author of the textbook Understanding Immigration Law and Practice.
Ms. Gansallo is also a member of the Mayor’s Commission on African and Caribbean Immigrant Affairs and a recipient of the AILA Philadelphia Chapter Matthew Baxter Mentorship Award, co-recipient of the AILA Philadelphia Chapter 2017 Pro Bono Champion Award, a recipient of SEAMAAC’s Unsung Heroine Award 2017, the Philadelphia Bar Foundation Award 2017, a recipient of the 2018 Global Woman Legal Award from the Global Woman P.E.A.C.E. Foundation and the 2018 Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Immigration Law Pro Bono Award.
