We are proud to present our first cohort of graduates along with descriptions of their research and applied projects.  We are honored to be part of their visions and calls for improved human and immigrant rights.   Andrea Portillo Dreams sin Fronteras: Exploring the Lives and Experiences of Five Returned Migrants in Mexico Due to an unprecedented number of deportations in the last decade, coupled with a recent fall in net migration from Mexico, return migration from the United States […]

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I am currently studying abroad in Mexico City under the Masters in Migration Studies program at Universidad Iberoamericana. My research focuses on how drug and crime organizations have affected migration, specifically exploring how this phenomenon impacts women in their migratory journey. Over the course of this spring semester, I have been volunteering at CAFEMIN once a week, working closely with adolescent migrants and offering them English classes.  I first reached out to Estela L. (interviewed below) because I was looking […]

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