Mayra Cedano
Mayra Cedano is a passionate community organizer and authentic leader that has spearheaded immigrant rights campaigns for over a decade. Mayra was born and raised in Jalisco, Mexico. When she was 11 years old, she immigrated to the US, where she established deep roots within Utah's immigrant community. Mayra started her activism in the immigrant rights movement when she was 15 years old. When she marched to the state Capitol for the first time to demand a halt on immigration raids. Mayra attended the University of Utah and graduated in 2010, where she received a B. A in Sociology and minors in Chicana/o/x Studies and Psychology. A few months after college graduation, she started working at "CU" Comunidades Unidas as the Volunteer Coordinator. Mayra's journey at CU began eleven years ago, and she feels that those years have been the most transformational and empowering years of her life.