Marie is a  Pacific Northwest native.  She received her B.A. from EasternWashingtonUniversity and her law degree from the University of Washington.  In the course of her studies, she also attended the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico in Mexico City and the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Spain.

Marie has devoted her legal career to the practice of immigration law.  She has worked primarily in private practice, but has also worked as a staff attorney  at the Seattle office of the  Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, and at the Seattle University School of Law Access to Justice Project.

Marie’s practice emphasizes the representation of individuals in removal and deportation proceedings, and also provides representation and  services in connection with affirmative applications for naturalization, all phases of family based immigration, asylum and related relief, and  relief for survivors of domestic violence.

Marie has an active pro bono practice.  She provides direct representation to pro bono clients referred by the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, and also provides volunteer services through the University of Washington School of Law’s Immigrant Family Advocacy Project.  She volunteers at Citizenship Day and DACA workshops throughout the Puget Sound area.  Ms. Higuera and her staff also write an immigration law advice column for the weekly Spanish language newspaper, Raza del Noroeste.

Ms. Higuera speaks fluent Spanish.  She is a member of the Washington State Bar Association, and is admitted to practice before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Courts of Eastern and Western Washington.  She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and of the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild.