NCLR Media Guide

Clarissa Martínez-De-Castro

Director, Civic Engagement and Immigration

Expertise:
Immigration policy, advocacy, and politics; Latino issue perspectives; Latino electorate (citizenship, registration, and turnout); Latino voter mobilization efforts; state advocacy; coalition-building

Education:
Master’s degree, public administration, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; bachelor’s degree, diplomacy and world affairs, Occidental College; Salzburg Seminar Fellow

Current Position:
Oversight of the organization’s work on immigration and efforts to expand Latino engagement in civic life and public policy debates; board member, DEMOS

Previous Position(s):
Manager, Coalition for Comprehensive Immigration Reform; Director of State Advocacy, NCLR; Assistant Director, California-Mexico Project at the University of Southern California; Public Policy Coordinator, Southwest Voter Research Institute; Organizer, Ladies’ Garment Workers Union (now UNITE); Union Representative, Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union (HERE) Local 11

Selected Publications:

LEAP: A Model for Increasing Civic Participation, contributor (2012)

Engaging the Latino Electorate, contributor (2011)

“Latinos, Voting, and Future Elections—What’s Next?” (2010)

“What’s Good for Jan Brewer and Russell Pearce is Bad for Arizona” (2010),p> “Lessons from Arizona: Proceed with Caution” (2010)

“Lessons from Arizona: Proceed with Caution” (2010)

Latino Voters and the 2010 Election: Numbers, Parties and Issues (2010)

“Latinos Divided on Immigration. Headline-grabbing? Yes. Accurate? Hardly.” (2010)

“Latino Participation in Midterm Elections: A Quick Glance” (2010)

“The Latino Community Wants Accountability in 2010” (2010)

Comprehensive Immigration Reform in 2009: Can We Do It, and How? (testimony) (2009)

The Latino Electorate: Profiles and Trends, coauthored with Lindsay Daniels (2007)