Cristina Jiménez

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Community Organizer, Co-Founder & Former Executive Director of United We Dream (UWD)

    College & University
    Inspiring Women
    Diversity⸒ Equity & Inclusion (DEI)
    Latinx & Hispanic Culture
    Social Justice

    Cristina Jiménez: Biography at a Glance

    • 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.
    • 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.
    • Cristina 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, Cristina received a 2017 MacArthur Fellowship, the Four Freedoms Award, and a spot on the TIME 100 List.
    • Cristina 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.

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    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. 

    Over the last decade under Cristina’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. Cristina 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, Cristina received a 2017 MacArthur Fellowship, the Four Freedoms Award, and a spot on the TIME 100 List. Cristina 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.

    Having Cristina as the keynote speaker was so wonderful and really felt like a passing of the torch from civil rights icon Dolores Huerta. Last night’s event couldn’t have gone any better.

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