Carla Castedo is the Colorado Director for Mi Familia Vota Education Fund. Castedo is responsible for leading Mi Familia Vota’s Colorado efforts to move common-sense immigration reform and develop strategic partnerships throughout the state to advance civic engagement efforts such as citizenship, voter registration, voter education, voter mobilization and community engagement forward.
She is an immigrant who was born in Santa Cruz, Bolivia and moved to the United States, along with her parents and 3 siblings, when she had just turned 12 years old. She first became involved in the community to organize for the passage of the DREAM Act. An avid supporter of immigrant rights, higher education and leadership development, Carla desires to empower young people and working families.
Prior to taking on the new role, Castedo served as Mi Familia Vota’s Northern Nevada Coordinator where she helped elevate the Latino community within Nevada’s political landscape, helping lead and implement MFV’s successful Latino voter mobilization efforts. Castedo served as one of the founding members of the Latino Leaders Table in Nevada and represented Mi Familia Vota in key state civic engagement and immigration coalitions. Additionally, Castedo was a part of the MFV team that registered more than 19,000 Latino voters in Nevada, earning Mi Familia Vota the National Association of Secretaries of State Medallion Award in 2013.
Carla graduated from the University of Nevada with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and a minor in Sociology.
What are you looking forward to as a fellow of TLC?
“I’m most looking forward to being able to shift positive change that goes beyond our cohort, ourselves, and our organizations. Coming in with a sincere willingness to learn from my colleagues and offer my best so we can collectively achieve this transformation we seek because our communities and we ourselves need it. I’m extatic to be part of the first TLC fellowship.“