Maria Carolina Ortuzar-Diaz

Carolina Ortuzar-Diaz is a partner in Monty & Ramirez LLP's immigration division, where she concentrates her practice on complex immigration matters. Practicing immigration law since 2009, she represents clients in immigration court removal proceedings, appellate cases before the Board of Immigration Appeals and federal circuit courts, and administrative proceedings involving U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Her broad experience encompasses all aspects of family-based immigration, including immigrant and non-immigrant visa processing, consular processing, waivers of inadmissibility, citizenship and naturalization, VAWA petitions, asylum, and relief under the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA). She earned her Juris Doctor from South Texas College of Law, an MBA from the University of St. Thomas, and her primary law degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso in Chile, in addition to completing a judicial internship with the First Court of Appeals in Houston.

Deeply invested in client advocacy and community engagement, Ms. Ortuzar-Diaz actively serves on the board of the Mexican American Bar Association of Houston and maintains membership in the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Fully bilingual in English and Spanish, she provides strategic, empathetic legal counsel to help individuals and families navigate complex immigration challenges.