Astrid Silva

Astrid Silva is an immigration activist in the United States.[1] Originally from Mexico, she has lived in Nevada since she was four years old. She is the co-founder of the Dream Big Vegas organization[2] and is the Organizing Director at the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada.

She illegally immigrated to the United States at the age of four, crossing the Rio Grande with her mother.[3][4] Carrying little more than the clothes on her back, Silva learned to speak English by watching PBS and reading newspapers.[4]

Her political activism began by passing hand-written notes to Harry Reid, who was the Democratic Senator of Nevada in 2009.[3] Barack Obama noted her journey in a national address on November 20, 2014. She worked on the campaign of Hillary Clinton in 2016.[5] Nevada House of Representatives member Ruben Kihuen invited Silva to attend the 2018 State of the Union event.[6]

References
  1. "Astrid Silva's file". @politifact. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  2. Stracqualursi, Veronica (February 27, 2017). "Astrid Silva: Meet the woman delivering the Democratic response to Trump in Spanish". Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  3. Mascaro, Lisa (July 12, 2013). "Pen pal inspires Sen. Harry Reid on immigration reform". The L.A. Times. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  4. Hanson, Sandra L. (2016). The Latino/a American Dream. Texas A & M University Press. ISBN 1623493897.
  5. Carroll, Susan J.; Fox, Richard L. (2018-01-18). Gender and Elections: Shaping the Future of American Politics. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781108278584.
  6. "REP. KIHUEN ANNOUNCES DREAMER ASTRID SILVA AS STATE OF THE UNION GUEST". U.S. Representative Ruben Kihuen. 2018-01-29. Archived from the original on 2018-09-20. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
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