Become an Ambassador

Meet the WNA Ambassador Team

The citizenship ambassador program was developed by One America’s WNA (Washington New American’s) program, a program dedicated to citizenship accessibility here in the state of WA. The ambassador program serves as an access point for our community leaders to participate in promoting citizenship through their own immigrant experience, help demystify the naturalization process and share the life changing impact of U.S citizenship and civic engagement. The program is designed to empower our community leaders to inspire their communities to take action and leverage their voices for a better, more inclusive, fair and thriving home here in our state.

Julisa Aguilar

Julisa joined the ambassador program in March 2024. She heard about the ambassador program after enquiring about her mother who is eligible to be a citizen. She is also an E.I student and is eager to learn and grow. She has volunteered at our Yakima CD event, been in endorsements and voter registration events.

I am Julisa Aguilar, I have 3 children and I come from the city of Auburn. I was very interested in the ambassadors’ program because I would like to see our community improve, become citizens and participate more in our government so we can all have fairer laws for all immigrants and so that we are able to give our children a more inclusive and accepting future one that accepts our language and our different cultures. – Julisa

Esmeralda Bolanos

Esmeralda is a vibrant 20 year old student from Carnation, WA. She was born and raised in WA state and is passionate about helping out her community specially bringing awareness to the youth about the importance of civic engagement.

My name is Esmeralda, I come from an immigrant family and I was excited to join this program because I love to help my community and learn about our government and what laws can help out my family. I am the second oldest child with 11 younger siblings and I would like to be a part of making a positive change for their future. – Esmeralda

Jocelyn Nichols

Jocelyn was a WNA volunteer serving in the paralegal room a few times before becoming an ambassador. She was an attorney in her home country of Mexico and has participated in events like naturalization workshops and voter registration events. She is interested in learning and growing within the ambassador program. She is passionate about law and wants to use her passion to continue to help people in immigrant communities in need.

My name is Jocelyn and I am grateful to the ambassador program for actively working for the inclusion of our Latino community in the immigration system and political life of the country. The right Information makes a difference in people’s lives. One America through the WNA program demonstrates with facts that there are open doors for us immigrants. I want to be part of this and show by example that our inclusion is possible. – Jocelyn

Ana Maria Moreno

Ana is a passionate Yakima community member, she serves on the board of her union job and works very hard to fight for fair laws that benefit the immigrant community. Ana has worked so hard to support her community, by helping to door knock for GOTV events and phone banks. She has also taken roles in our endorsements and recently came over from Yakima for our tabling event in Auburn to register people to vote!

Hello my name is Ana Maria Moreno and I use the pronoun she. I am originally from the state of Sinaloa. I have been in Washington state for over 30 years and I am the mother of 4 daughters and 1 son, I am also a grandmother of 10 grandchildren. I am very happy to be part of the ambassadors with the WNA program because I like to provide information to our entire Hispanic community since there are many who do not have the correct information on how they can participate in our community to be able to make a change. We can make a change and with the help of WNA we can achieve it, it is time for our voice to be heard. My community matters to me, our future matters to me. Yes, we can! Yes, we can! Thank you to WNA for this great opportunity you give me and thank you to all the colleagues for being part of WNA, let’s go girls! – Ana Maria

Mireya Damian Cortez

Mireya is an immigrant from Michoacan, Mexico that recently arrived to the US with her family as an Asylum seeker and is passionate about learning how to empower others in the immigrant and asylum community and letting them know they too can have a voice in our immigration system. Mireya also participated in our press conference giving an interview to the local news station in support of Biden not closing our border.

I like to participate as an ambassador and thus help our immigrant community to have information about citizenship and immigration laws that can help us have more opportunities and thus be able to have a better future in this country. – Mireya

Brenda L. Morgan

Brenda is an amazing leader and WNA volunteer. She is passionate, motivated, and driven. I met Brenda at the WNA naturalization workshop in Yakima in April of 2024 and after having a conversation with her I knew she would be perfect for the ambassador team! She has taken a role in our endorsements, volunteered at our clinics and more!

Hello, my name is Brenda Lisset Morgan. I use she/her/ella pronouns and I am from Pasco WA. I Heard about the Washington New Americans program back in 2023 when I was invited by a member of my union (SEIU775) to help volunteer and also learn about what citizenship day was with WNA. As I volunteered, my husband was in the process of doing his documentation with the help of Washington New Americans on October 31st of 2023. I’m excited to say that my husband is now officially a US citizen, thanks to the help of everyone that participated in the citizenship day event! Ever since then I’ve made it a goal for me to volunteer and learn more about how I can make a difference and help others. I have been a care provider for over 21 years so I find it in my nature to want to help others, I feel sharing beneficial information on topics such as immigration, becoming a citizen, voting and basic rights we all should have as humans in this nation is important not only to our #raza but their families and friends. During my second year of volunteering with WNA I met Gaby, which I am thankful to her for inviting me to be part of the ambassador program. I am confident that everything we learn we can share in our communities. Demonstrating to others that their voce matters in every aspect, it helps support beneficial change and allows inclusion and visibility of not just one culture but many. – Brenda

Lilia Romero

I met Lilia at our WNA citizenship day in February of 2024 where we were both volunteering. Lilia became a citizen through the WNA program and has been volunteering ever since. She is passionate about her community and is always looking for different ways to help and get the word out about things that can benefit her community.

My name is Lilia Romero, I am from the state of Jalisco and I live in the city of Kent. I am a mom of 3 young adults and I arrived in this wonderful state of Washington in 1999, from that date until today I have seen how the Hispanic community has grown here in this state and I have always wanted to help my community in programs by volunteering and trying to help and give information as correct as possible. The WNA Ambassador Project has helped me meet more people and has also given me the opportunity to give back a little bit of what they helped me. Through the WNA program I obtained my citizenship and they guided me very well from the beginning. I want to continue passing on the message, to be that chain of information and love with my community so that more people benefit from this program and that we also have more voice and voters. – Lilia

Lucero Lopez

I met Lucy (in green) when she was volunteering at the Yakima clinic! I had a chance to connect with her at the exit station and we later had a one on one where we got to know each other more. She has since been participating in things like endorsements, voting registration events, trainings and monthly meetings. She is a very active ambassador and is always willing to volunteer and speak up.

I am Lucero Lopez, a dedicated advocate for the immigrant community with a deep commitment to social justice. My journey has been fueled by a passion to uplift and empower those who often go unheard. Joining One America as a WNA ambassador is a natural step for me, as I believe in the power of collective action and inclusive policies. I am eager to leverage my skills and experiences to advocate for equitable immigration policies and foster community engagement. My personal experiences and profound understanding of the challenges faced by immigrants drive my relentless pursuit of justice. I am committed to ensuring that every individual, regardless of their background, is welcomed and celebrated. – Lucy

Guadalupe Lopez

Guadalupe came to us after Lilia referred her to the WNA program to inquire about getting her citizenship. She came to the May clinic in the Seattle office where I had a chance to tell her a little about the process as well as talk to her about volunteering opportunities. She has since then attended her first citizenship event with me at the Tacoma Community house working the exit station. She is eager to continue participating as an ambassador for the WNA program and also looks forward to becoming a citizen with our help.

Dora Poqui

Dora was referred to me by Brenda who knows her from the SEIU 775 union board. Dora is very dedicated to fighting for a fair work and immigration system for immigrant communities. She is passionate and eager so be part of a positive change. She is a great public speaker who isn’t afraid to use her voice to stand up for what is right. She has been an active ambassador who recently participated in the GOTV event in Yakima where we were door knocking to encourage and inform the Yakima community to get out and vote!

Hello everyone, my name is Dora Poqui, she/her pronouns and I am so proud to be part of the Washington New Americans program as an ambassador. I have always been interested in helping our Latino communities and know first hand how difficult laws against our immigrants can be. Coming from immigrant parents and being married to an immigrant I found a lot of difficulties navigating through the systems. With the resources that I have gathered while navigating through those tough systems I wish to now help others. I also want to empower our Latino women because I believe that it is important that we support and help eachother. – Dora Poqui

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