Camilo A. Romero is the older brother of two forgiving sisters raised in California with family remaining in Colombia.  Camilo serves as International Affairs Officer for the Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores (SINALTRAINAL) in Colombia, focusing on the campaign against the Coca-Cola Company’s complicity in the violent abuse of workers.  In 2007, Camilo co-founded BlackBrown Projects to help bridge the divide among African-American and Latino communities.

Camilo serves on the Executive Board of NYU's Black, Latino, Asian, Pacific American Alumni Association (BLAPA) and is an adviser to the California Department of Correction’s basketball outreach program. Camilo graduated from UC Berkeley in 2004 after completing an honors thesis on the politics of salsa music.

Last year, Camilo co-founded the campus All-ALSA Coalition and interned with the Orleans Public Defenders in Louisiana.  This year, Camilo is a member of the Immigrant Rights Clinic and a volunteer at The Door's youth immigration clinic.  He is wary of long bios and enjoys large portions of food.  Camilo is proud to have been awarded a Soros Fellowship for New Americans and elected Regional Director for the National Latina/o Law Student Association.

Law school is a step towards ensuring that his family’s story is not the fortunate exception.  Camilo intends to continue organizing with the tools and resources a law degree will bring.

Priorities for the North Atlantic include a regional conference in New York City, an alumni mentorship program, expanded Street Law programs, a scholarship listing for undocumented students, and a more powerful presence of Latino students and faculty within our law schools.

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