Karen Arlette Gamez Lopez currently serves as the Engagement Director for Fuse WA, the state’s largest progressive organization. Originally from Sinaloa, Mexico, Karen grew up in Kent, WA, and graduated from Green River College and the University of Washington. Karen has been an advocate for immigrant rights since high school, when she began sharing her story as an undocumented student at the capital. This state-wide advocacy led to the WA State Real Hope Act being signed into law in 2014, expanding state financial aid to students like herself. Karen continued to advocate at the state and national level for immigrant rights, founding awareness events, organizing conferences, lobbying in DC, helping fundraise thousands of dollars for scholarships for undocumented students, and getting our community registered to vote. Karen strives to serve and uplift immigrants, the Latino/a/x community, survivors of abuse, and all other marginalized communities. Karen loves to dance, travel, and eat, and she is undocumented, unafraid, and here to stay.

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