Kimberly Lopez (she/her) is Youth Organizer for CHIRLA. As an immigrant from Mexicali, Baja, California, who was born on December 14, 2002, and immigrated to the United States when she was four years old. Growing up undocumented, Lopez understood the difficulties undocumented students faced when studying in a country that didn’t shine a light on their educational opportunities. In 2019, CHIRLA, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, helped Lopez obtain residency, and that’s when her passion for immigrant rights began. She became a youth volunteer for Wise Up!, CHIRLA’s high school youth program, and is now a youth organizer herself, helping immigrant youth navigate their journey through higher education.
Lopez, Kimberly