Abraham Carrillo-Galindo

Abraham Carrillo-Galindo is a Research and Policy Fellow at LULAC's National Office in Washington, D.C., during the summer of 2026. Having grown up in Santa Maria, California, he is a rising junior at Brown University, where he is double concentrating in International and Public Affairs and Latin American and Caribbean Studies. He is a QuestBridge National College Match Scholar, Kessler Scholar, Sidney Frank Scholar, and LEDA Career Fellow.

As the son of immigrants and a proud representative of working-class communities, Abraham has developed a strong commitment to civil rights, immigration advocacy, and public service. His experience spans both the legislative and regulatory sides of government. As a Legislative Intern in the office of Congressman Salud Carbajal, he supported policy research and constituent services related to immigration, education, and mental health issues. He also served as an Investigator Intern with the Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights, assisting with civil rights investigations and evaluating discrimination complaints under state and federal law.

Abraham is deeply interested in immigration research and ethnography. He currently serves as a research assistant for the Immigrant Student Research Project at Brown University, helping examine how immigrant and first-generation students navigate higher education. He also serves as a teaching assistant for a seminar on the U.S.-Mexico border and the communities it shapes.

At Brown, Abraham serves as President of the Latinx Student Union, the university's largest Latino student organization. Through his work at LULAC, he hopes to deepen his understanding of immigration and civil rights advocacy while learning how research can be translated into effective public policy. Following graduation, he plans to build a career in government affairs before attending law school to pursue immigration and civil rights law.