Communications

Alicia Cepeda Maule is the Innocence Project’s first digital engagement director and, since 2015, has led the organization in exponential audience growth, revenue, and advocacy. She developed and led the digital strategy that helped stop the executions of Rodney Reed in Texas and Pervis Payne in Tennessee.

She and her team have won more than 10 awards including Webbys, Shortys, Tellys, the Clarence Jones Impact Award, and more.

Previously, Alicia was a social media and community editor at msnbc.com and a digital organizer on President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign.

Alicia graduated from Brown University in 2011 with a B.A. in Africana studies.

Alyxaundria Sanford joined the Innocence Project in 2024 as the digital engagement specialist.

Alyxaundria has a distinguished career in local and national news at organizations like ABC, NBC, CBS, New York Daily News, and City & State Magazine. She most recently held the role of audience engagement producer at The Intercept. Alyxaundria brings an extensive background in digital engagement strategies, storytelling, and advocacy. A graduate of the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University and the Engagement Journalism program at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, she also holds a master’s degree from John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Alyxaundria has been a New York City resident since 2009. Beyond her professional life, you can catch her at the latest Broadway show, restaurant hopping on the weekends, or exploring the newest exhibit at Brooklyn Museum.

Fiona Guthrie is a storyteller, strategist and a leader in the communications sector, working at an array of legacy organizations and media outlets over the course of her career. For more than a decade, she worked at the Ford Foundation, where she directed media and, later, public engagement strategy. She served as the foundation’s acting vice president of global communications and, most recently, as its director of story leading a high-performing, creative team of storytellers and strategists. Before joining Ford, Fiona had a long and successful career in broadcast media. She was a producer for BBC World Service and BBC TV in London, a supervising producer and radio host for ABC Australia, and a producer with the BBC’s New York bureau in the aftermath of 9/11. She also served as media relations chief at the Australian Mission to the UN in New York.

Isabel joined the Innocence Project in June 2016. Prior to joining the Innocence Project team, Isabel worked at a personal injury law firm for five years. Isabel graduated from John Jay College with a B.S. in criminal justice. She also volunteers at Sanctuary for Families, an organization that helps victims of domestic violence, sex trafficking, and related forms of gender violence, translating documents from Spanish to English.

Jule Hall is passionate about social justice. As assistant director of ambassadors and external programs, Jule collaborates with Innocence Ambassadors in order to leverage their platforms to free the innocent, exonerate the wrongly convicted and transform the criminal legal system. Prior to joining the Innocence Project, Jule was a campaign coordinator with Picture Motion, LLC, where he worked on award-winning documentaries examining prisoner reentry, gun violence and racial inequality in the U.S. In 2017, he became the first formerly incarcerated person to work full time at the Ford Foundation, where he provided data analysis and strategy development for its work on gender, racial, and ethnic justice. In 2019, Jule was a program officer for the Ascendium Education Group, Inc., where he provided strategic funding to nonprofit, postsecondary educational programs, operating in jails and prisons across the U.S. In his spare time, Jule enjoys gardening and bike riding.

Julia Lucivero joined the Innocence Project in February 2017 and serves as the Senior Media Strategist, with over eight years of experience in political communications. Prior to joining our team, she worked in the Massachusetts House of Representatives for a state legislator, whose primary policy work surrounded progressive reforms for the DOC, prisoner mental health services and female offenders and their children, particularly being shackled during and after pregnancy. She began working in press and politics as a student, interning for then U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, working directly under her press secretary. Julia graduated from Marymount Manhattan College in 2007 with a degree in communication arts and a double minor in International relations and political science.

Justin Chan joined the Innocence Project in 2021. He comes with more than a decade of experience in journalism, having written for Law.com, Mic, Forbes, HuffPost, Time Out New York, Entrepreneur.com, and Yahoo.

Justin’s work frequently touches on issues impacting marginalized communities, including racism, immigration, and economic disparities. He holds a master’s degree in magazine journalism from Columbia Journalism School and a bachelor’s degree in political science and English from Macaulay Honors College. He also holds a certificate in digital marketing from Columbia Business School Executive Education. 

Justin previously volunteered at Reading Partners, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping at-risk youth improve their literacy.

Lo Harris is passionate about how her commitment to empowerment and joy can contribute to the mission and impact of the Innocence Project.

As the creative lead, Lo uses the power of art and design to champion a more just and kind world. Lo‘s background in storytelling, branding, and animation helps her carry forth these efforts each day.

Lo is an accomplished artist who has independently collaborated with dozens of global brands and organizations, such as the United Nations, the NAACP and The Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University.

She is also a published children’s book illustrator, and has distributed her books and merchandise at major retailers in the U.S., the UK, and Canada. Lo is a graduate of Northwestern University.

In Lo’s spare time, she enjoys traveling, gardening, and spending her time with Potato, her 15-pound tabby cat from Brooklyn.

Meghan Nguyen joined the Innocence Project in 2023 as a digital associate. Prior to joining the team, she used her skills with digital strategy, community engagement, and social media to develop narratives and messaging for organizations such as BerlinRosen, United We Dream, SEIU, One Fair Wage, Liberate Abortion, and the Food Network. She holds two bachelors’ degrees and a certificate in human rights/social justice from the University of Texas, where she triple majored in journalism, sociology, and African and African diaspora studies. Ultimately, Meghan’s professional trajectory, creative practice, and aspirations are grounded in the idea that we must (and can) radically reimagine and rebuild a world made for us.