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Portrait of Magda Montiel Davis

Honor Society® member

Magda Montiel Davis

founder/senior partner; of counsel;MFA student. The Daily Palette Art/Lit Journal. Instructor at Founder and senior partner of Montiel Davis & Fonte, PA. Of counsel to Fonte Immigration Firm, Iowa Writes Coordinator. University of Iowa.

  • University of Iowa?utm_source=Campaigner
  • nonfiction writing
  • Class of 2016
  • iowa city, iowa

Member since August 2014

About

University of Miami, 74, BA, English, magna cum laude. University of Miami School of Law, 77, JD, University of Miami Honor Scholarship. Founder and senior partner of Montiel Davis & Fonte, PA, specializing in immigration law, 78-2011. Currently of counsel to Fonte Immigration Firm, www.visadoctors.com. Published essayist. University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program MFA student. Iowa Writes Coordinator, The Daily Palette, Spring, Summer, 2014. Instructor, TA, University of Iowa.

Education

  • UniveUniversity of Miami, 74, BA, English, magna cum laude. University of Miami School of Law, 77, JD. University of Iowa Nonfiction Writing Program, MFA student.

    law, writing/minor: sociology

    1974 – 2016

Honors and awards

  • American Immigration Lawyers Association, Pro Bono Award, Best Lawyers in America.

Goals and interests

Career goal

Teach literature, law and literature, and writing.

Graduate school interests

write, teach.

Outside the classroom

hot yoga

Experience

  • founder/senior partner; of counsel;MFA student. The Daily Palette Art/Lit Journal. Instructor

    Founder and senior partner of Montiel Davis & Fonte, PA. Of counsel to Fonte Immigration Firm, Iowa Writes Coordinator. University of Iowa.

    Jan 1976 – Dec 2014

Volunteering

  • Founder, AIla Pro Bono Project

    American Immigration Lawyers Association, Greater Miami Legal Services, Inc.

    Aug 1987 – May 1994

Languages

  • Spanish Advanced