Erica is a San Diego native and is her second year at California Western School of Law. She currently serves as the treasurer for both Entertainment and Sports Law Society and Student Animal Legal Defense Fund. Before coming to law school, she graduated from UC Santa Cruz with BAs in Business Economics and Psychology and worked at a commercial real estate company.
Erica grew up playing music and has friends/family who are musicians and artists, which is how she became interested in working with those in the entertainment industry. Her goal is to pursue a career in the entertainment and/or intellectual property field working with people to help protect their creative contents and also represent artists. She is passionate about helping people and hopes to apply her business and psychology background by guiding and advising clients.
In her free time, Erica enjoys hanging out at the beach, hiking and camping, or cooking and baking. She also has a rescue pup named Penny who is super energetic but very loving. Lastly, quite hard in these times, but Erica loves going to live shows. She can’t wait until concerts are back!
I was born and raised in San Diego and I am a current 3L at Cal Western. I am currently the Vice President of the Student Intellectual Property Law Association. Prior to law school, I graduated from Cal State San Marcos and later went on to USD to obtain my paralegal certificate. I worked as a paralegal for two years for an employment law firm. During my time there I had the opportunity to help small business owners start their business by helping them incorporate, draft articles of incorporation and meeting minutes. I enjoyed helping people start their dream business and this is where my passion began to want to further help creators and entrepreneurs bring their dreams to life. I am passionate about helping others achieve their dreams and be legally protected in doing so!
I live close to the beach with my husband and two cats (Nala and Julius) and enjoy going outside as much as possible. I enjoy running, hiking, camping, and traveling to new places. I enjoy going to the movies (when they were open) and I am a huge Marvel fan! I look forward to having all the new Marvel movies released soon so that I can go watch them!
I was born and raised in San Diego, CA and I am a 3L at California Western. Prior to law school, I graduated from University of California, Irvine with a BA in Business Administration. Because of my longtime career aspiration of becoming a sports agent, I joined UC Irvine Athletics as a Sports Marketing intern where I was the lead Community Relations intern in strengthening student-athlete presence and influence in Orange County.
During law school, I joined the Entertainment and Sports Law Society and applied my legal skills as a Law Clerk at Aguirre & Severson LLP where I realized how my work can have a profound impact on a client’s interests. My passion for the Sports and Entertainment industry coupled with my passion for creating opportunities for others encouraged me to be a part of New Media Rights in helping small businesses and creators reach their full potential.
I live close to Downtown San Diego with my girlfriend and cat, Dallas (named after the Dallas Cowboys of course!). I enjoy running, conducting sports data research, and watching The Office (I’m a HUGE fan!).
Mayra Hernandez was born in Mexico City and has lived in San Diego most of her life. She currently serves as Intramural Athletics Director for Cal Western’s Student Bar Association. Before coming to law school, she obtained a Bachelors and Masters in mathematics. After which she worked on research in applied mathematics and taught mathematics from elementary on to college.
In law school Mayra has helped trademark applicants as they navigate the trademarking process. Mayra has written about virtual worlds and is interested in cryptoart. Not an artist by trade, she loves to see the creative process unfold. Art being older than written language it’s so intertwines with our humanity that it can’t but also in simple and complex ways touch notions of how societies are organized and connect. As new media forms mature our own legal systems mature and evolve alongside, while at the same time offering our science and technology vitality in new expressive outlets.
In her free time. Mayra enjoys hanging out, traveling, hiking, and being in the outdoors. She loves trying out new recipes. Being mostly vegetarian for the past decade has given her new opportunities to re-invent old favorite recipes or to think of new combinations. Mayra is a certified yoga teacher and can’t wait to go out dancing!
Greer Houston was born and raised in Austin, Texas. She is a current 3L at California Western School of Law. Prior to law school, she graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a BBA in Finance and a minor in Textiles & Apparel. Greer’s passion for combining creativity and business drove her to study intellectual property law. Last summer, she was an in-house legal intern for Taoglas, a leading multinational technology company.
During law school, Greer joined the Student Intellectual Property Law Association and the Women’s Law Caucus. She is currently a Senior Lead Articles Editor for California Western Law Review.
Greer lives in North Park with her seven-year-old dachshund, Nala. Outside her studies, Greer enjoys cooking, walking Nala, and doing fun circuit workouts from social media.
Rachel was born and raised in Orange County, California, and she is a current 2L at California Western School of Law. Prior to law school, Rachel graduated from the University of Oregon with a Political Science major and with minors in Legal Studies and Philosophy. While in law school, Rachel has worked for American Healthcare REIT, where she reviewed contracts and wrote memorandums for the in-house counsel. Rachel has also been involved in the California Western Community Law Project, and she is a Teaching Fellow for Contracts, as well as an Honors Instructor for Legal Skills.
Rachel has always been interested in the legal field, but she also has a creative side. She hopes to marry these two passions when she begins her career as an attorney, and she is very excited about the opportunity to utilize both passions through New Media Rights. Helping others carry out their creative vision is something that she is very passionate about.
Rachel lives in Mission Valley with five roommates, two of them being feline (Pancake and Eleanor). Rachel loves trying new restaurants in San Diego, going to live theater, watching Netflix, and curling up with a good book.
Christy graduated from the University of California San Diego with a BS in Biochemistry: Pharmacological Science and a Minor in Business in 2018. She worked at Bristol Myers Squibb as a research biologist until entering law school at California Western School of Law in 2020.
As a second-year law student at CWSL, she is currently a member of the Moot Court Honors Board and International Law Journal. She also serves as the Student Intellectual Property Law Association's President and Asian Pacific American Law Student Association's Event Coordinator.
Outside of school, she participates in the CWSL Community Law Project, which aims to provide free legal services to the underprivileged community in San Diego. She has been selected as the 2021 San Diego County Bar Association Diversity Fellow.
Christy hopes to leverage her skills as a bilingual scientist and a law student to "fight for the things that [she] care[s] about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join."–Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ryann was born and raised in Denver, CO. She graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder with a BS in Architectural Engineering. After undergrad, she moved to Boston, MA where she worked for five years as a mechanical engineer and in engineering sales. Ryann is currently a second-year student at California Western School of Law. She has a strong interest in intellectual property and patent law, as well as business law and contracts. Ryann also enjoys filmmaking and video editing, so she is excited to bring her experience to New Media Rights and help creators protect their content. Ryann loves the San Diego weather and in her free time likes to snorkel in La Jolla and golf in Balboa Park.
Larryn graduated from the University of Oregon with a BS in Political Science and minor in Business Administration. He worked at adidas: Entertainment Influencer Marketing as a marketing assistant until entering law school at California Western School of Law in 2019. As a second-year law student at CWSL, he is currently the President of the Black Law School Association (BLSA) and also an Honors Instructor for Legal Skills I and Legal Skills II. He also is currently a judicial extern for the Honorable John A. Houston of the U.S. District Court. Outside of school, he is passionate about playing basketball and creating films. He is the winner of the 37th Annual College Emmy Television Award: Director of Best Variety Short Film
Larryn hopes to leverage his skills as a creative and a law student to shape the future of law and entertainment. “We don’t fear the future, we shape it.” – Barack Obama
Justine was born in Montreal, Canada and raised in Washington, D.C. Prior to law school, she graduated from Clark University in Massachusetts with a B.A. in political science and economics.
Since starting law school, Justine interned with Better APC, where she worked on various projects involving different types of business law including in intellectual property, employment, entertainment and contracts. The intersectionality of creativity in business law is something that excites her a lot. She is eager to collaborate with creators at New Media Rights and help them achieve success.
At CWSL, she competed as an oral advocate for the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, served as treasurer for the Business Law Society, and is a current member of the Women's Law Caucus. Outside of law school, she enjoys hiking, yoga, surfing and anything active that San Diego has the offer. She is also an avid foodie and loves live entertainment whether it be a concert or sports game!
