Jenny Cachaya serves as the Children’s Services Director in the Migration and Refugee Services department at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). Before joining USCCB, Jenny was the Senior Program Manager at Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington’s Newcomer Network, where she designed and implemented the provision of holistic services to immigrants. Prior to this role, Jenny worked with Catholic Charities’ Immigration Legal Services Program, where she served as a fully accredited Department of Justice Representative, eligible to represents immigrants before USCIS and the Immigration Court. She was also responsible for the agency’s Legal Orientation Program for Custodians of Unaccompanied Minors and served thousands of immigrant children and their families.

Jenny, who has over 15 years of experience working with vulnerable immigrants, has participated as a panelist at the Maryland Partners for Justice Annual Conference in 2014 and was invited to present at the National Immigration Judges Annual Training in 2021. In 2019, Jenny was selected to participate in the Migration Studies Summer Academy at the Catholic University of Eichstatt-Ingolstad, Germany, where she conducted research on unaccompanied migrating children. Most recently, she spoke at a Congressional Briefing on the intersection of human trafficking and forced migration at the U.S. Capitol. Jenny earned a Master of Social Work degree from The Catholic University of America and is a licensed Social Worker.