Evelyn Venegas Cuzco

Evelyn Venegas Cuzco is the Family Support Network Coordinator at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR). In her current role, Ms. Venegas oversees the family support network hotline and conducts training and presentations about current immigration issues and policy.

Ms. Venegas was born in Quito, Ecuador. She grew up on the north side of Chicago in the neighborhood of Irving Park. Ms. Venegas earned a B.A. in Political Science with a focus in urban studies and a minor in Anthropology from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Before joining ICIRR, Ms. Venegas served as a youth leader at the Logan Square Neighborhood Association, focusing on immigrant trauma in DACA youth. In her previous role, she also helped pass Online Voter Registration and Election Day Registration while a Democracy Corp fellow at Chicago Votes.