Lucia Leon

by | May 14, 2020

Lucia Leon grew up in Orange County, California where she began organizing with undocumented youth and their families in the mid-2000s. Her commitment to social justice and research interest on migration is profoundly shaped by her family’s experience with the family...

Salvador Rangel

by | May 21, 2019

Salvador Rangel came to the United States as an undocumented immigrant. After various years working in the construction and manufacturing sectors, he made his way into higher education, first obtaining a GED and then attending community college. He went on to obtain a...

Deisy Del Real

by | May 15, 2018

Deisy Del Real analyzes how the Latin American nations belonging to Mercosur—a regional trade agreement—developed policies to protect citizens who migrate from one Mercosur nation to another.  She shows how these agreements provide greater protection to transnational...

Michael D. Aguirre

by | December 3, 2017

Michael Aguirre explores the aftermath of the guest worker Bracero Program that brought Mexican farm workers to the U.S. between 1942 and 1964.  Focusing on the Eastern California borderlands of Imperial County, California, and Mexicali, Baja California Norte, he...

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