Carlos Eduardo Espina

Nonprofit Director, Activist, and Lawyer

Carlos Eduardo Espina is a 25-year-old nonprofit director, activist, and lawyer who works to uplift the immigrant community through social media content, community organizing, and charitable causes.

Carlos was born in Montevideo, Uruguay to a Uruguayan father and a Mexican mother. He immigrated with his family to Texas when he was five years old.

Since he was a teenager, Carlos has been involved in community work. In 2017, Carlos founded his first nonprofit, Football for the Future. Through this organization, Carlos and his team provide free soccer and educational camps for hundreds of low-income kids in central Texas.

In 2019, Carlos founded his second nonprofit, the Detained Refugee Solidarity Fund. This nonprofit exists to morally and economically support migrants and refugees detained in ICE detention centers throughout the United States.

Carlos received his bachelor’s degree from Vassar College in 2020 and his Juris Doctor from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2024. He also has over 10 million followers on social media, where he posts bilingual videos informing and uplifting the Latino community in the United States.

Carlos is working to build a community center in Houston, Texas, where he will provide free legal and educational services for the community.