Director, Immigration and National Campaigns

Expertise

Immigration legislative advocacy and strategy; Latino electorate, voter mobilization, and participation; state advocacy efforts; coalition-building and management

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

Background

Current Position: Oversight of work on immigration and efforts to expand opportunities for Latino engagement in civic life and public policy debates; board member, DEMOS; steering committee member, Rights Working Group

Previous Position(s): Manager of the Coalition for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, a broad network of national, state, and local organizations committed to advancing policy solutions on immigration; NCLR Director of State/Local Public Policy, managing state policy advocacy efforts and civic engagement work; Public Policy Coordinator, Southwest Voter Research Institute (William C. Velasquez Institute); Assistant Director, California-Mexico Project at the University of Southern California; Organizer, Ladies' Garment Workers Union; Union Representative, Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union (HERE) Local 11

Selected Publications

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

How did Latinos Really Vote in the 2004 Election? coauthored with Charles Kamasaki and Jessica Muñoz (July 2004)

Mobilizing the Vote: Latinos and Immigrants in the 2002 Midterm Election, coauthored with Charles Kamasaki, Cecilia Muñoz, Lisa Navarrete, and Sonia M. Perez (July 2002)

Mobilizing the Latino Vote: Tapping the Power of the Hispanic Electorate, coauthored with Charles Kamasaki, Cecilia Muñoz, Lisa Navarrete, and Sonia M. Pérez (July 2002)

Moving Toward an Immigrant-Integration Agenda (November 2001)