Mayra Hidalgo Salazar
Mayra Hidalgo Salazar (she/her) serves as the Deputy Director of the National LGBTQ Task Force and National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund. She has been organizing for immigrant and LGBTQ+ justice as one of the catalysts and founders of the immigrant youth movement for the past 14 years. She is part of the first generation of undocumented youth in Florida that began courageously sharing their stories and organizing as both LGBTQ+ and undocumented immigrants. Mayra has led work at the intersections of immigrant and LGBTQ+ issues since the 2010s, when she first served as the Campaign Manager for the Trail of Dreams, a mobilization that was instrumental in the negotiations with the Obama administration for the creation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. In the wake of the news of Trump’s presidency in November 2016, Mayra led the post-election response for the immigrant community in the Hudson Valley of New York as Executive Director of the Hudson Valley Community Coalition. As a co-founder of United We Dream Action, she mobilized millions for the 2020 elections and to defend DACA in the courts, and drove the fundraising strategy for United We Dream, United We Dream Action, and United We Dream Action PAC. She is a recognized national expert and organizer on queer and immigrant issues and has been featured in Forbes, The Advocate, La Nación, and Univision. She resides in Brooklyn, New York.