Lizdebeth Carrasco-Gallardo

Hosted by New Mexico Immigrant Law Center
Service location Albuquerque, New Mexico
Law school University of New Mexico School of Law
Issue area Disaster Recovery, Disaster Response and Preparedness, Immigrant Populations
Fellowship class year 2022
Program Disaster Resilience Program

The Project

Lizdebeth’s Fellowship will provide holistic legal services to low-income immigrant families impacted by COVID-19. Lizdebeth aims to build disaster resilience capacity in New Mexico’s nonprofit sector through strategic collaboration with key stakeholders, community partners, outreach, and training.

There is a need to increase access to legal services and resources for low-income immigrants in New Mexico. Lizdebeth’s work will reduce the economic hardship caused by COVID-19 for low-income immigrants and will facilitate recovery from it.

Fellowship Plans

The project will promote self-sufficiency and economic mobility of immigrants impacted economically by the pandemic through advocacy. As an immigrant herself, Lizdebeth knows first-hand the hardships that immigrants in New Mexico face. Her lived experiences with some of these same issues have provided her a different lens from which to view the work and the law, and this will aid her in being the best advocate that she can be for her community.