Juan Gastelum works to advance NILC’s programmatic goals through strategic communications and by helping to keep interested parties outside the organization abreast of our work. He has led communications around a variety of NILC advocacy campaigns and legal cases, including as a communications co-chair of a movement-wide campaign to defeat the Trump administration’s attempt to end DACA at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Prior to joining NILC, Juan worked on progressive environmental and economic justice campaigns. He was previously a reporter and editor for several national news outlets.
Juan earned a Master of Science in journalism from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Notre Dame and was a U.S. Fulbright scholar in Madrid, Spain. He likes connecting with people over food and occasionally enjoying a good meal on his own.