Yesenia Acosta

Yesenia Acosta is the founding attorney of Mundo Legal, APC, based in San Bernardino, California. With over a decade of dedicated legal experience, Ms. Acosta concentrates her practice exclusively on federal immigration matters. Her comprehensive casework includes deportation defense, family-based petitions, adjustment of status, consular processing, waivers, and asylum claims. Driven by a deep personal understanding of immigrant communities, she provides strategic counsel to individuals and families navigating complex immigration laws across the United States.

Ms. Acosta earned her Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, San Diego, before receiving her Juris Doctor from California Western School of Law in 2012. During her legal education, she actively expanded community legal clinics to deliver vital legal access to underserved populations. Admitted to the State Bar of California in 2013, she gained substantial criminal and civil law experience before focusing on the intersection of criminal defense and immigration law—frequently writing and presenting on complex 'crimmigration' issues. In addition to her private practice, she serves as Chair of the Board of Directors for the San Gabriel Valley Consortium on Homelessness.

Committed to breaking through the rigid constraints of traditional law firms, Ms. Acosta founded Mundo Legal to offer accessible, transparent, and tech-forward legal representation. She remains directly involved in every phase of her clients' cases, leveraging modern communication tools to ensure continuous collaboration. As a native Spanish speaker, she provides compassionate, bilingual advocacy that empowers clients to move forward with clarity and confidence.