SBCC Steering Committee

SBCC Director Lilian Serrano, CA

Lilian Serrano is a third generation fronteriza, born and raised in the Tijuana-San Diego border region. She spent her teens in Oxnard, California, a small agricultural town in Ventura County. Lilian has over a decade of experience working in community education, human rights advocacy, and social justice work. She became civically active as a High School student in 2006, when a series of anti-immigrant proposals in the U.S. Congress sparked a national mobilization for immigrant rights. Her personal and professional expertise have allowed her to build and maintain strong ties in north San Diego County with community members impacted by immigration policies and farmworker families. Lilian earned her B.A. in Human Development and B.A. in Spanish from California State University San Marcos. Her professional experience includes serving as Co-Chair and Steering Committee member of the Southern Border Communities Coalition, Chair of the San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium, Coordinator of Alianza Comunitaria and Co-Director of Universidad Popular.

SBCC Co-Chair Alba Jaramillo, AZ

Alba Jaramillo is an immigrant from Mexico, who grew up undocumented in the United States. Her experience as an immigrant living in the border influenced her in life’s work in fighting against oppression and defending immigrant rights. Alba holds a Juris Doctor from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University and Bachelor of Arts in theatre arts and anthropology from the University of Arizona. She is a local and national leader in the areas of immigration, human rights, and the arts. She is currently, leading a national network of 19 independent immigration legal service organizations as Co-Executive Director of the Immigration Law & Justice Network. She is the first migrant and woman of color to ever serve in this role.

SBCC Co-Chair Jovanny Hernandez, NM

Jovanny is the Southern NM Field Organizer with the NM Dream Team.

Andrea Guerrero, CA

Andrea Guerrero serves as the Executive Director of Alliance San Diego, which serves as a community empowerment organization that builds coalitions to promote justice and social change.

Pedro Rios, CA

Pedro Rios serves as the director of the American Friends Service Committee’s U.S./Mexico Border Program and has been on staff with AFSC since 2003.

Paulina Reyes, CA

Paulina Reyes serves as the chair of the San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium and is currently a Staff Attorney at Immigrant Defenders Law Center’s Cross-Border Initiative.