Karina Ruiz De Diaz

Karina Ruiz De Diaz is the Executive Director at the Arizona Dream Act Coalition (ADAC), a non-profit dedicated to fighting for immigrant's rights and for higher education access for immigrant youth in the state of Arizona. ADAC is a United We Dream affiliate organization. She is a DACA recipient, born in Estado de Mexico, and has lived in Phoenix since 1999 when she migrated with her parents at the age of 15. She graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry in May 2015. She is a mother of three US citizen children ages 18, 10, and 8. Karina has lead and participated in countless actions locally and nationally, uplifting her undocumented community voice. Recently she the opportunity to enter the Supreme Court of the United States when the oral arguments on the DACA case were heard. She also participated in actions demanding presidential candidates commit to stopping all deportations in the first 100 days, if elected, as part of the United We Dream Action efforts.