About Me

Biography

My name is Bill De La Rosa. I’m a scholar, speaker, and writer dedicated to advancing civil and human rights through research, advocacy, and policy.

I’ve spent the past decade documenting the lived experiences of immigrant families along the U.S.-Mexico Border. Throughout this time, I’ve also worked for the Pima County Administrator’s Office, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Center for Law and Social Policy, and a member of U.S. Congress.

Currently, I’m a J.D. candidate and Hurst Horizon Scholar at Yale Law School, where I hope to become the best legal advocate I can be. I’m also a Ph.D. candidate and Clarendon Scholar in Criminology at the University of Oxford, where I investigate the role punishment has played, legally and sociologically, in the contemporary development of U.S. immigration law and policy.

Prior to my doctoral studies, I received master’s degrees in Migration Studies and in Criminology and Criminal Justice as a Marshall Scholar at the University of Oxford. I also have a dual bachelor’s in Sociology and Latin American Studies from Bowdoin College, where I was named the 2016 National Hispanic Scholar of the Year, a Harry S. Truman Scholar, and a John Lewis Fellow.

I appreciate you for visiting and exploring my website. Here, you can learn more about me, my motivation for creating change, my projects, as well as the play and theatrical movie inspired by my family’s story. Please visit my contact page to get in touch.

Warm wishes,

Bill