Juan Avilez

Juan Avilez is the Policy Associate for the State and Local Initiatives team at the American Immigration Council. In this role, he tracks and supports state and local immigrant policies, uses data to demonstrate the economic contributions of immigrants, and helps with local immigrant integration initiatives. Prior to joining the Council, he assisted with immigration policy research efforts as a research assistant at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Juan holds an M.A. in Public Policy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he also obtained his B.A. in Public Policy and Political Science.