Advocate for student inclusion to speak at Elmhurst College

Tanya Cabrera has worked extensively on efforts to ensure and increase access to higher education for undocumented students.

On Wednesday, Sept. 26, Cabrera will present Undocumented Student Access: Mental Health Trauma, College Access and Immigration Politics, the annual César Chávez Intercultural Lecture at Elmhurst College. The lecture will begin at 4 p.m. in the Frick Center, Founders Lounge, 190 Prospect Ave., Elmhurst.

Admission is $10 for the general public and free for Elmhurst College students, faculty, staff and alumni. Tickets are available by visiting elmhurst.edu/cultural. For more information, call (630) 617-5186.

Cabrera is the assistant vice provost for student inclusion in the Office of Diversity at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She also has served since 2011 as chair of the Illinois DREAM Fund Commission, a role she believes will set the platform for educational access and degree attainment for undocumented students in Illinois and across the U.S. She also has served as chair of the National Advisory for Undocumented Student Access - College Board, a committee formed to call upon two- and four-year institutions to create policy and procedure for undocumented students across the country.