Jason De León

Jason De León is Professor of Anthropology and Chicana, Chicano, and Central American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles and Director of the Undocumented Migration Project, a research/arts/education non-profit that seeks to raise awareness about our global migration crisis and help families search for their loved ones who have died or gone missing while migrating. His academic work has been featured in numerous media outlets, including National Public Radio, the New York Times Magazine, Al Jazeera magazine, The Huffington Post, and Vice magazine. De León is a 2017 MacArthur Fellow.