Yessica Gonzalez

Yessica Gonzalez is an undocumented queer femme born in Tijuana, Baja California and raised in Southern California. At the age of 17, they began organizing to denounce the criminalization of immigrant communities with the Immigrant Youth Coalition. They serve on the board of the Responsible Endowment Coalition and work nationally to push for the voices of those most directly impacted to be at the forefront. They are committed to supporting the movement towards the abolition of prisons, borders and binaries. Yessica is pursuing their Bachelor of Arts in Gender Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.