Santiago Mueckay
Santiago Mueckay (he/him) is the associate director of advocacy for Vera's Advancing Universal Representation Initiative. In this role, he spearheads federal and state government relations and advocacy, driving legislative and administrative efforts to secure universal representation for immigrants and asylum seekers. Before joining Vera in 2024, Santiago served as associate director for child and family migration policy at Save the Children. During his five-year tenure, he created and led the organization’s federal migration portfolio, working to maintain migrant family unity and protect access to asylum. Santiago also previously worked at Save the Children International as a researcher, where he focused on migration flows and externalization mechanisms in the European Union. Santiago holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the Macaulay Honors College at Baruch College and a master’s degree in public policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.