NCLR Media Guide

Clarissa Martinez De Castro

Director, Immigration and National Campaigns

Expertise:
Immigration legislative advocacy and strategy; Latino electorate, voter mobilization, and participation; state advocacy efforts; coalition-building and management

Education:
Master’s degree, public administration, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; bachelor’s degree, diplomacy and world affairs, Occidental College; Salzburg Seminar Fellow

Current Position:
Oversight of work on immigration and efforts to expand opportunities for Latino engagement in civic life and public policy debates; board member, DEMOS; steering committee member, Rights Working Group

Previous Position(s):
Manager of the Coalition for Comprehensive Immigration Reform, a broad network of national, state, and local organizations committed to advancing policy solutions on immigration; NCLR Director of State/Local Public Policy, managing state policy advocacy efforts and civic engagement work; Public Poli

Selected Publications:1