By: Roxane Ramos West Cosgrove, Director of Education “If you want to learn about globalization, just come to Nogales,” says West Cosgrove, who summarizes his 35-year career and life passion in two words—border education. As West explains, the U.S.–Mexico border is the only place in the world where an industrialized nation borders a developing one. At those points of transition, the contrasts are stark and instructive. One trip to a Mexican maquila (factory), where shirts or auto parts …Read More

By: Roxane Ramos Lucy Howell, Fund Development Committee Chair For Lucy Howell, working on immigration issues and advocating for more compassionate and just treatment of the undocumented migrants who cross into the U.S. is not only a matter of conscience. It is a matter of faith, gratefulness for the blessings in her life, and a conviction to help those in less fortunate circumstances. As a mother who raised four children and grandmother who dotes on four grandkids, she finds the plight of …Read More

By: Roxane Ramos The number of women migrants from Mexico has doubled over the last 20 years. They face greater, graver dangers than their male counterparts, but still make the journey. Why? Even as migration across the U.S.–Mexico border has leveled off in recent years—due to increased militarization along the border and the frightening hazards of a desert crossing—all experts agree that the number of women migrants has increased substantially. Women make up 25–45% of undocumented …Read More