Cecilia Nuñez
CECILIA NUÑEZ (she/her) is a third-year graduate student pursuing a concurrent Masters in Social Welfare and Public Policy at UCLA Luskin. As a returning policy fellow within the UCLA LPPI Research Department, Cecilia is passionate about continuing work on Latinx and BIPOC communities in the county, including through expanding alternatives to incarceration and social supports.
At UCLA, Cecilia serves as an Executive member of the Luskin Black Caucus and advocates for social welfare and policy work grounded in abolition. She recently completed her second summer with La Defensa and the Reimagine Los Angeles Coalition, fighting to move county funding out of prisons and into community-based care. Previously, she served as an MSW Intern with Hope Street Family Center, working with children and families and providing youth therapy. She also has experience working with immigrant youth and youth with disabilities.
As a San Gabriel-native, Cecilia enjoys completing her graduate studies here in her home communities and serving Angelinos. Prior to UCLA, she obtained her Bachelors in History and Literature with a focus in Afro-Latin American studies at Harvard University. There, she learned more about the role of race and political mobilization in Latin American history, and has enjoyed applying this lens to her work.
