Center Members

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…

Hi I’m Natasha Pelossof (she/her)! I am a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, majoring in Political Science and Spanish with a certificate in Global Health. I am focusing on immigration advocacy, law, politics, non-profit…

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…

Master of Social Work student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As a DACA beneficiary herself, she has first-hand experience with how the immigration system impacts undocumented communities. In 2021, Yesenia applied for Advance Parole through…

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…

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…

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…

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…