Choisser Immigration Law PLLC

Maritza Choisser is a Florida attorney from Bogotá, Colombia, devoted to public service and immigrant advocacy. After moving to the U.S. in 2008, she interned for U.S. Senator Bill Nelson during the BP oil spill; served as a research intern at UMD’s START Center; and joined the Florida Times-Union’s citizen editorial board.

Since 2012, she has worked across the immigration field as a paralegal, volunteer, law-school clinic advocate with 800+ service hours, columnist for Eco Latino and Qué Tal Jacksonville, faculty visa liaison, and immigration law instructor at UNF (2023, 2025). She now leads Choisser Immigration Law PLLC.

Maritza holds postgraduate degrees in nonprofit management and criminal law, a JD, and an MPA, and is pursuing a doctorate at UBA. She passed the Florida Bar on her first attempt and received AILA Central Florida’s 2019 Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship.

Memberships: Florida Bar, AILA, NAFSA, Jacksonville Leadership 2023 Class, and NASP Cohort 9.