Ricky Hurtado is the Co-Executive Director of LatinxEd, an organization dedicated to expanding equitable access to higher education for Latino students across North Carolina. He is the child of Central American immigrants and a Morehead-Cain scholar whose personal journey guides his work of exploring the intersections of race, gender, class and immigration. He is doing phenomenal work assisting Latinx students navigate complex social systems and forging sovereign identities while pursuing education in a changing political landscape.

See the news story below to learn more about the school board action mentioned in the podcast:

https://www.wral.com/following-sanford-ice-raid-group-wants-lee-county-schools-to-support-undocumented-families/18188045/