Ms. Bright has been a California Certified Specialist in Immigration & Nationality Law since 1989 and has practiced immigration law since 1982. She is a graduate of Stanford University and received her J.D. degree from U.C. Hastings College of Law in 1980. She has written numerous articles for American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, and National Lawyers Guild publications. She also co-authored the chapter on immigration law in Sexual Orientation and the Law, published by the Clarke Boardman Company.

Ms. Bright served as a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association Task Force on Suspension/Cancellation of Removal established in 1996. She also litigated Sun Moon Star Advanced Power, Inc. v. INS, 773 F. Supp. 1373 (N.D. Cal. 1990), reported 68 Interpreter Releases 1824 (Dec. 16, 1990) successfully challenging INS interpretation of regulations regarding "affiliate" in L-1 and immigrant multinational managerial/executive transfer cases.

Ms. Bright is fluent in Spanish.