Rubi Franco Quiroz

Bio/Description

Rubi Franco Quiroz is a Senior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is an activist and has been participating in pro-immigrant rights groups since she was in High School. She is an active member of the North Carolina Dream Coalition and Dreamers for a Bipartisan Solution. As a Dacamented student, she worked hard to ensure that her campus became more inclusive of Undocumented students. She serves on a DACA Resource Team at her University that focuses on implementing trainings and campus wide resources for students. She was crowned the 2017 UNC Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Recipient which focuses on service to the community, and this years 2018 Chancellors Award Recipient of the Frank Porter Graham Award presented annually to the graduating senior who has made the most outstanding contribution to the human ideals of equality, dignity and community. Rubi is devoted to passing pro-dreamer legislation, and continues to work hard to support her fellow undocumented peers.