Nora works as ICIRR's Development Associate, concentrating on
organizational fundraising and membership efforts. She was raised in the
West Town neighborhood of Chicago, where as a first-generation child she
became deeply connected to the issues of immigration, English and
poverty. Nora is a former McNair Scholar and SROP Researcher with
focused examinations on Latino/a organizational and identity politics.
She has also served as an intern for Ethnographies of the University
(EOTU) producing a project on Latina/o student activism at UIUC. Nora
continues to remain closely involved in her community as a mentor with
Erie Neighborhood House. She graduated from the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign with a B.A. in Political Science and Minor in
Latina/o Studies.