Stephanie Chantelle Coste was born and raised in Miami, Florida to a Nicaraguan mother and Dominican father. Given her parents’ backgrounds, working hard and helping others were key values instilled in Stephanie from a very young age.

 

Stephanie graduated summa cum laude from Florida State University with a major in International Relations with a concentration in Political Science and minors in both Psychology and Economics. She then graduated from Fordham Law School in New York, where she represented clients detained in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba through Fordham's International Justice Clinic and served as secretary of the Latin American Law Student Association.

 

Upon graduating from law school, Stephanie practiced law in New York for several years defending pharmaceutical and insurance companies. Although she found the work challenging and interesting, she felt her true calling was rooted in helping others. This prompted her involvement in several cases in New York assisting Salvadorian nationals seeking political asylum. After moving back to her hometown Miami, she continued to pursue this passion and practiced immigration law at a prestigious Miami law firm assisting clients with a range of legal services like family based petitions, humanitarian deferred actions, asylums, U-Visas, and Cuban Adjustments before opening her own law practice. Stephanie continues to work diligently to aid immigrants in pursuing their dream in this land of opportunity.