Felicia Escobar Carrillo

Felicia Escobar Carrillo is currently Director of Immigration at The Beacon Fund, which works to unleash individual potential by investing in youth and their families, supporting communities, and removing systemic barriers to success. From 2009 -2017, she worked for the White House Domestic Policy Council where she advanced President Obama’s immigration legislative and administrative agenda, including the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Felicia also served as the Principal Consultant for the L.A. Justice Fund, a public-private partnership to increase access to legal representation for immigrants in deportation proceedings. She has extensive experience on Capitol Hill having worked for former Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle on outreach and engagement strategies, and U.S. Senator Ken Salazar’s legislative team. A native of San Antonio, TX, Felicia earned a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University, Masters of Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and a Juris Doctorate from UCLA's School of Law.