About Bill

Hello! I'm Bill. I’m a JD/PhD candidate at Yale Law School and the University of Oxford, and I love working with students navigating law school and graduate school applications, especially first-generation, low-income, and immigrant-background applicants. I grew up in South Tucson, Arizona, and when I was 15, my mother was separated from our family because of her immigration status. That life-changing experience shaped my path into public service and law, and it also taught me how much admissions processes depend on storytelling, clarity, and strategy. I earned my bachelor’s degrees in Sociology and Latin American Studies from Bowdoin College, where I was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and was named a 2015 John Lewis Fellow, a 2015 Harry S. Truman Scholar, and the 2016 National Male Hispanic Scholar of the Year. I went on to complete two master’s degrees at the University of Oxford in Migration Studies and Criminology and Criminal Justice as a Marshall Scholar and Clarendon Scholar. I am now completing a PhD at Oxford while pursuing my JD at Yale Law School, where I am a Hurst Horizon Scholar, Katzmann Fellow, Susman Godfrey Prize Winner, and a 2026 Skadden Fellow. I have spent over a decade mentoring students through personal statements, diversity statements, addenda, fellowship applications, and interviews, helping them translate transformative life experiences into clear, compelling narratives. I specialize in working with applicants whose stories don’t fit standard templates and who want their applications to reflect the good they want to do in this world.