Dr. Felecia S. Russell
Director, Higher Ed Immigration Portal and Founder, Embrace| [email protected]
Features and Associations
Felecia’s story was recently featured on MSNBC, “12th anniversary of a flawed immigration policy”
Other recent articles include, “Black Immigrants are erased from the immigrant narrative“, and “What Does it Mean to be UndocuBlack? Exploring the Double Invisibility of Black Undocumented Immigrant Students in U.S. Colleges and Universities” .
In 2018, Felecia wrote a story for the National Immigration Law Center to document her journey as a DREAMer. At the time, she was afraid to reveal her undocumented status, so she used a pseudonym.
Felecia was also featured in Pepperdine University’s Magazine.
Education
May 2022
Ed.D Temple University, Higher Education
April 2015
Master of Public Policy Pepperdine University
April 2013
BA, California Lutheran University
