Astrid Silva
Astrid Silva arrived in Nevada from Mexico with her family at the age of 5. In 2006, she graduated from the magnet program at Advanced Technologies Academy, and later received three Associates degrees from College of Southern Nevada and her Bachelors degree in History/Pre-Law from Nevada State College. In 2009, an encounter with an unlikely ally Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid lead to a deeper involvement in the politics surrounding the DREAM Act and became the poster child for the legislation in her home state of Nevada. She was named Youth Immigrant of the Year for the American Immigration Council in 2014, was named a rising Civil Rights leader by the Los Angeles Times and most recently delivered the first Spanish language Democratic response to President Trump’s first speech to Congress in 2017. Silva is now the executive director of Dream Big Nevada.