Meet Our Team
Brionna
(they/she)
Brionna Bolaños graduated from Stanford University in June 2022 with a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies with a concentration on LGBTQ+ issues in addition to a degree in International Relations with regional specializations in Latin America and Iberia and the Middle East and Central Asia. In the spring of 2024, Brionna graduated from Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, where she received a Master of Arts in Latin American Studies with a concentration in History, Culture, and Society and a graduate certificate in Gender, Peace, and Security.
Brionna has held various internships, working at the intersections of gender, class and the Americas. While at Georgetown, Brionna worked full-time as the Program Manager of the DC Schools Project at the Center for Social Justice, where they worked passionately to advocate for immigrant justice and to support newcomer migrants across the district in their English-language acquisition. Brionna began law school at Stanford Law School in the fall of 2024.
Gabriella Farrell is a M.A. candidate at the Walsh School of Foreign Service where she is pursuing a degree in Latin American Studies and a certificate in Refugee, Migration, and Humanitarian Emergencies.
In May 2021, Gabriella graduated from Dickinson College with a B.A. in International Studies and Latin American, Latinx, & Caribbean Studies. While at Dickinson, she studied abroad in Cuenca, Ecuador, and Mendoza, Argentina and gained research experience through the development of an honors thesis titled Invisibility and Resistance: Bolivian Migrant Women in Argentina and Gendered Labor Trajectories.
Gabriella has held graphic design-heavy, communications-focused roles in research and advocacy environments. More recently, she has worked as a Justice Graduate Intern for Immigrant Justice Initiatives at the Center for Social Justice where she supported migrant advocacy initiatives and English-tutoring programs for newcomer migrants in D.C. After Georgetown, she will continue centering migrant voices to push forward long-term narrative change.