Melissa Cedillo

Melissa Cedillo was NCR's Latino Catholics Project fellow in 2021-2022. She is a recent graduate of Harvard Divinity School who studied religion, ethics, and politics through a public policy lens. She is passionate about bridging the gap between progressive politics and religion in America. She has a background in immigration advocacy, domestic violence policy and criminal justice work. She was born and raised in southern California, where she studied Theology at Loyola Marymount University. Follow her on Twitter @melissann19.