PERSON: Greisa Martinez

United We Dream Network

Advocacy Director

Greisa Martinez is Advocacy Director at the United We Dream Network. Originally from Hidalgo, Mexico, Greisa immigrated to the U.S. with her family at an early age and grew up in Dallas, TX as an undocumented immigrant.

Greisa has organized immigrant youth and workers for the passage of pro-immigrant policies at the local and national level for the past 9 years.

She co-founded the Council for Minority Student Affairs at Texas A&M University, the first undocumented youth-led group in the University’s 100 year history. She founded the Texas Dream Alliance and was a fellow with the League of Young Voters.

— unitedwedream.org