Ilian Meza-Peña
Investigator

Ilian joined the Prison Law Office as a Litigation Assistant in 2019. She later worked as the Lead Litigation Assistant and was promoted to Investigator in 2023. Ilian monitors conditions of confinement in prisons across California as well as the jails in Santa Clara County. Prior to joining the Prison Law Office, Ilian worked as a community organizer with families of students with disabilities in the South Bay. Ilian has also interned at various non-profit organizations, including the ACLU’s Education Equity Project in Southern California and the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic. Ilian received a B.A. in History and Literature with a minor in Ethnicity, Migration, and Rights from Harvard, and is fluent in Spanish.