Celeste is an associate with BCLP’s Financial Services, Disputes, and Investigations Practice Group. She has experience in commercial disputes, financial services matters, intellectual property issues, and appellate research. 

Celeste earned her J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, where she was Submissions Editor of the Berkeley Business Law Journal, Associate Editor of the Berkeley Journal of Criminal Law, and held Chair positions with Berkeley Law’s Asian Pacific American Law Students Association, Intellectual Property Law Society, and Womxn of Color Collective. She also served as the Student Leader for Berkeley Law’s Homelessness Services Project, managing legal research teams and assisting unhoused clients with administrative claims. Prior to law school, she worked at a Los Angeles tenants’ rights firm, supporting clients through intake, case assessment, and ongoing communication. She graduated cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles with a B.A. in Psychology and a minor in Cognitive Science.