Professor Cecilia Menjívar is a Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she also holds the Dorothy L. Meier Social Equities Chair. She holds a B.A. in Psychology and Sociology from the University of Southern California, where she also received an M.S. in International Education, as well as an M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Davis.

Ada Trillo is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily with photography and images rendered in print on a variety of surfaces such as plexiglass, gold leaf, and paper. Ms. Trillo received a BA from Drexel University and studied at the Instituto Marangoni in Milan, Italy.

Daniella Burgi-Palomino is co-director of the Latin America Working Group, where her work focuses on transnational advocacy related to human rights in Mexico and Central America, migrant rights, and border issues. She holds an M.A. in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy and a B.A. in International Relations and History from Tufts University.

Professor Kate Jastram is the Director of Policy & Advocacy at the University of California Hastings College of Law Center for Gender and Refugee Studies.

She graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in history from San Francisco State University, holds a M.A. in Women’s History from Sarah Lawrence College, and received her J.D. from the UC Berkeley School of Law.

Professor Sabrineh Ardalan is the director of the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program and a Professor at Harvard Law School. She holds a B.A. in History and International Studies from Yale College and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. J.D. of the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program and a Professor at Harvard Law School.

Dr. Arancha (Araceli) Garcia del Soto has taught and practiced international human rights work related to sexual and gender-based violence across the globe, including West Africa, Sri Lanka, Iraq, the Balkans, Mexico, Colombia, and Central America, where she has worked with women’s groups and implemented protection and psychosocial projects for victims of conflict. She holds a B.A. in Psychology from the Pontifical University of Salamanca, an M.A. in Social Sciences from the Center for Advanced Social Studies of the Juan March Foundation in Madrid, and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Salamanca