Cristina Jiménez Moreta is Executive Director & Co-founder of United We Dream (UWD), the largest immigrant youth-led organization in the country. She has been organizing in immigrant communities for over a decade and was part of UWD’s campaign team that led to the historic victory of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). (photo via macfoundation.org bio via unitedwedream.org)

Maria Gabriela (“Gaby”) Pacheco is a nationally recognized immigrant rights leader. In 2012, as political director for United We Dream, she spearheaded the efforts that led to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. (photo and bio via thedream.us)

Angelica Salas is the Director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA). Under Salas’ leadership, CHIRLA and its partners across the country have built the foundation for the recent upsurge in immigrant rights activism. (photo and bio via laane.org)

Alàn Pelaez Lopez is an AfroIndigenous poet, installation and adornment artist from Oaxaca, México. Their poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and “Best of the Net,” and selected to appear in Best New Poets 2019 and Best American Experimental Writing 2020. (photo and bio via alanpelaez.com)

In the absence of political representation in the United States, Jorge Ramos gives a face and voice to the millions of Latinos and immigrants living in the United States. Nearly 1.9 million viewers tune into his program each night, and in 2015, Time named him one of “The World’s 100 Most Influential People.” (photo and bio via ted.com)

Lorella Praeli is president of Community Change Action and vice president of Community Change. She served as United We Dream’s director of Advocacy and Policy, where she led the campaign to implement DACA and was part of the team that persuaded the Obama administration to protect four million undocumented Americans through DAPA. (photo and bio via realizingdemocracy.org)

Deepak Bhargava is a policy expert on issues of poverty, economic justice, racial equity, and immigration, and has extensive practical experience in community organizing, leadership development, social movements, progressive strategy, issue campaigns, coalition building and voter mobilization. (photo and bio via slu.cuny.edu)

Yosimar Reyes is a nationally-acclaimed Poet and Public Speaker. Born in Guerrero, Mexico, and raised in Eastside San Jose, Reyes explores the themes of migration and sexuality in his work. (photo and bio via yosimarreyes.com)

Dr. Manuel Pastor is Professor of Sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. Dr. Pastor’s research has generally focused on issues of the economic, environmental and social conditions facing low-income urban communities – and the social movements seeking to change those realities. (photo and bio via dornsife.usc.edu)

Tom Jawetz is the vice president of Immigration Policy at American Progress. Prior to joining American Progress, Tom served as chief counsel on the Immigration Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee. He has advised members of Congress and congressional staff on all areas of immigration law and policy. (photo and bio via americanprogress.org)