Manuel Castro

Manuel’s journey across the Mexico-U.S. border at the age of five with his mother sparked a passion for helping others envision and find opportunity. As an early DREAMer — a movement of undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children — Manuel now leads New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE), a grassroots organization that provides NYC’s day laborers and new immigrants with support services and leadership development programs. Manuel wants to test new ways of organizing this critical and essential workforce citywide around cooperative work and social and economic justice.