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Cristina Jiménez Moreta
Ecuadoran Immigration Activist; Executive Director & Co-Founder of United We Dream (UWD)
Cristina Jiménez Moreta is a community organizer, political strategist, and storyteller. She is the Co-Founder and former Executive Director of United We Dream (UWD), the largest immigrant youth-led organization in the country. She migrated to the U.S from Ecuador with her family at the age of 13, growing up undocumented.
Under Moreta’s leadership, UWD has grown into a powerful network of nearly one million members and has played a pivotal role in shifting the narrative about immigrants and immigration, ultimately influencing policy. Moreta was instrumental in United We Dream’s successful campaign for President Obama to sign Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) into law.
In recognition of her work as a social justice organizer, Moreta received a 2017 MacArthur Fellowship, the Four Freedoms Award, and a spot on the TIME 100 List. Moreta has appeared in hundreds of national and local media outlets including USA Today, CNN, MSNBC, HBO, The New York Times, the LA Times, ABC, NPR, The Huffington Post, Univision, Telemundo, and La Opinion. Her writing has been published in The New York Times, CNN, USA Today, Huffington Post, and El Diario.
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