Reyna Montoya

Reyna was born in Tijuana, Mexico, and migrated to Arizona in 2003 fleeing violence. She is a DACAmented social entrepreneur, community organizer, educator, and dancer. She received global and national fellowships like Echoing Green, which enabled her to start Aliento. She is also a founding member of the first Teach For America DACA Advisory Board. Reyna holds bachelor's degrees in Political Science and Transborder Studies and a Dance minor from Arizona State University; she also holds an M.Ed in Secondary Education from Grand Canyon University, an executive education program at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. She has engaged in local, statewide, and national platforms to advance justice for immigrant communities for almost 15 years.