Sienna graduated from NYU School of Law in 2007, and serves as 1st Vice President of the Law Alumni of Color Association (LACA).

Sienna began her legal career at Bronx Legal Services as a Skadden Fellow working on a medical-legal advocacy project, providing legal services to Bronx residents in partnership with Montefiore Hospital. Sienna’s litigation resulted in wins for recipients of public benefits throughout the state, including amending the Social Services Law to expand due process rights for appellants who have defaulted on administrative fair hearings. Prior to joining Make the Road, Sienna was the Director of Public Benefits at Bronx Legal Services, representing indigent and low-income Bronx individuals and families in civil litigation and administrative hearings to secure access to and maintain public benefits. Now, Sienna joins the executive team to support some of the emerging legal needs of the organization as General Counsel. She became Co-Legal Director in 2017 and transitioned to Legal Director in 2020. During her time at Make the Road, she has overseen the development of the legal department into a major legal services provider, serving 10,000 annually, contributing to major policy victories, and engaging in cutting edge litigation. She joined Make the Road in 2015 as the Deputy Legal Director, drawn to the organization’s dynamic law and organizing model. Sienna is Legal Director/General Counsel of Make the Road New York (MRNY). Jose is a graduate of Hofstra University and dad of Amelie Soleil. In December 2014, Jose was appointed to President Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing and since has published pieces on changing youth attitudes towards policing. Outside of providing campaign support to our team of 44 organizers, Jose sits on the board of Communities United for Police Reform Action, a coalition committed to ending discriminatory and abusive policing in New York State.

His commitment and policy expertise on affordable housing and renters rights helped to secure the strongest rental protections passed in Albany in a generation. Prior to being named Co-Executive Director, Jose served as Deputy Director and Co-Director of Organizing where he helped to shape and deliver on impactful projects and policies in the arenas of housing, education, labor and police reform. For two decades, Jose has demonstrated his commitment to Make the Road New York and the communities which we serve. Jose Lopez is one of the three Co-Executive Directors of Make the Road New York.

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