Maria Blanco Honored by Council of Mexican Federations

Maria Blanco, Executive Director of the University of California Undocumented Student Legal Services Center, has been honored by the Council of Mexican Federations (COFEM) with its highest award, the Golden Eagle.  The award honors "her lifelong commitment to helping immigrant families to advance towards achieving the American Dream."

Operating out of UC Davis School of Law, the Undocumented Student Legal Services Center provides high-quality legal assistance to support the needs of undocumented and AB 540-eligible students and their families at UC campuses without law schools: UC Merced, UC San Francisco, UC Santa Cruz, UC Santa Barbara, UC San Diego, and UC Riverside.

Blanco is being honored for her leadership of the groundbreaking program, as well as her work as Vice President of Civic Engagement at the California Community Foundation, as National Senior Counsel for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, on California's first Citizens Redistricting Commission, and as part of President Barack Obama's transition team.