The Center for DREAMers is now closed as the two-year grant has come to an end in October 2023. We are grateful for all of the incredible work we were able to accomplish through the Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment Foundation. This website will remain available for its resources and download library, however, it will no longer be updated.
Interns
Camila Rivero
Position title: Intern
Email:
mrivero
Hi everyone! I’m Camila Rivero (she/her/hers). I was born and raised in Boulder, Colorado and I am now a first-generation college student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I am an incoming junior majoring in journalism…
Sophia Shashko
Position title: Intern
Email:
sshashko
Hello! My name is Sophia Shasko (she/her/hers). I grew up in Madison, Wisconsin, so I am excited to be working within my own community. I am a sophomore at UW Madison majoring in Political Science…
Director
Erika Rosales
Position title: Center for DREAMers Director
Email:
erika.rosales
Erika Rosales is the Director of the new Center for Dreamers at UW-Madison. Erika is an undocumented immigrant and a DACA recipient. She is a first-generation college graduate and received her graduate degree from the…
Immigrant Justice Clinic Members
IJC Students
Yuli Ruiz Márquez
Position title: Law Student
Email:
ruizmuez
Yuli Ruiz Márquez (she/her/ella) is a first-generation high school, college, and law student. She is a proud immigrant from Michoacán, México, and her hometown in the U.S. is Milwaukee, WI. Yuli graduated as a Burke…
Karen Suárez Jiménez
Position title: Law Student
Email:
suzjimz
Hello, all! My name is Karen Suárez Jiménez. I am an indigenous Mexican woman from Oaxaca, México. My family and I came to the U.S. when I was 3 years old and I spent most…
Clinical Instructors
Erin Barbato
Position title: Immigrant Justice Clinic Director
Email:
ekmurphy
Erin M. Barbato is the Director of the Immigrant Justice Clinic at the University of Wisconsin Law School. She teaches second and third-year law students to represent individuals in removal proceedings and with humanitarian-based immigration…