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Mariana Bustamante is the Public Education Coordinator of the national ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project where she works closely with Spanish language media and immigrants' rights organizations throughout California and other states. Mariana is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley and is an experienced organizer in the Latino community. She was the Rapid Response System Director at the California Latino Civil Rights Network and coordinated volunteers in statewide campaigns against Propositions 209 and 227. She has also served on the Board of Centro Legal de la Raza since 1998.