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Undocumented Latino youth receive scholarly support, plus EMU’s helping hand

November 15, 2013Last updated December 5, 2013 by Lani Prunés and Chris Edwards

Three high school students brought from Mexico as children are looking forward to being successful college students, thanks to the local branch of Scholars’ Latino Initiative program (SLI), with which

Outstanding Young Alum: Castillo Campaigns for Immigration Reform

August 11, 2013Last updated July 29, 2014 by Steve Shenk

Still in her 20s, Isabel Castillo ’07 is already a nationally recognized leader of the immigration-law reform movement in the United States. She was the commencement speaker at the University

Castillo Sees Movement Toward Easing Immigrants’ Plight

November 16, 2012Last updated December 10, 2012 by Lani Prunés

After a June 2012 announcement by President Obama to grant “deferred action” to undocumented youth, Isabel Castillo ‘07 applied for authorization to work and live legally in the United States

Castillo Spotlighted in The Atlantic Magazine

October 19, 2011Last updated November 4, 2011 by Bonnie Price Lofton

Isabel Castillo, who holds a ’07 degree in social work from Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), is recognized in the November issue of The Atlantic as one of the “21 brave

2007 EMU graduate Isabel Castillo, activist for the DREAM Act

National Spotlight on EMU Grad Isabel Castillo

April 11, 2011Last updated June 9, 2011 by Bonnie Lofton

Isabel Castillo ’07 has become a nationally recognized spokesperson for the plight of undocumented young people in the United States. Castillo was featured in a Feb. 20, 2011, New York

EMU Alum Isabel Castillo: Giving the DREAM a Push

July 23, 2010 by Jeremy Hunt, Daily News-Record

A local immigrant rights activist and 2007 EMU alum returned to Harrisonburg late Wednesday following a trip to D.C., where she was arrested during a demonstration on Capitol Hill. Read

Dream Act Gives Students Green Card

March 4, 2010 by Bethany Miller, Weather Vane student newspaper

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