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Julia Albarracín
Julia Albarracín is a Professor of Political Science at Western Illinois University. She has a Law degree (Universidad National de La Plata), an MIB (Ecole National des Ponts et Chausées-Universidad de Belgrano), and a Ph.D. in Political Science (University of Florida). She specializes in Latin American and Latinos in the US, immigrant integration, discrimination, and political behavior, and has published four books, and numerous book chapters and journal articles.
Julia is also the Executive Director of Western Illinois Dreamers, a nonprofit that seeks to empower immigrants and refugees by providing resources to foster their successful social integration. Western Illinois Dreamers has offices in Springfield, Peoria, Monmouth, Macomb, and Beardstown, IL.