Jennifer Garcia

National Immigrant Youth Rights Organizer

Jennifer “Jenni” Garcia is an organizer with United We Dream, a national immigrant youth rights organization. She leads their UndocuHealth department, which focuses on providing undocumented youth with mental health and self-care and resources. Jenni migrated with her family at the age of 7 to New Mexico from Chihuahua, Mexico. Early on, she experienced a harsh reality many undocumented immigrants face: inaccessible healthcare. Her brother was forced to self-deport after he was diagnosed with a mental health condition and was unable to find support in the U.S. These experiences fuel Jenni’s work to build a national bank of mental-health professionals that undocumented immigrants can access.

“I think it's important that our stories are told and that our testimonies can be kept for generations to come as part of building generational knowledge and education.”

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