Dylan Corbett is the founding executive director of the Hope Border Institute and has over fifteen years of experience working in international and human development globally and in the borderlands. Dylan has served as an official at the Vatican's Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and also coordinated the work of the Vatican's Migrants & Refugees Section in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. Dylan previously worked with the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development as well as with the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, the USCCB's national anti-poverty program. He has studied at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy. Dylan is the chair of the Commission on Migration for the Diocese of El Paso. He is a board member of the Border Immigration Law & Justice Center, a member of the Texas Advisory Committee of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, a member of the advisory board of the Texas Resilient States Project, and he is also a consultant to the USCCB Committee on Migration. Dylan lives in El Paso with his wife and two children.

Aylín is originally from Ciudad Juárez and has spent most of her life in El Paso, TX. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Texas at El Paso and is currently working on her master’s degree in Public Service from the Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock, Arkansas. Aylin has led “Coming to the Table” dialogues, where she organized Hispanic and Latino communities in the Central Arkansas region through the Clinton School of Public Service. She also worked in the Arkansas Supreme Court, where she focused on enhancing transparency and created a system for pro se litigants. 

Originally from South Carolina, Monica spent twenty years living across the country and overseas as a military spouse before her family returned to El Paso, TX to make it their forever home. Monica holds a bachelor's degree in comprehensive special education from Converse University. After working with migrant populations in Austria, she developed a passion for those seeking asylum and other displaced persons and has experience working with local migrant shelters. Monica is the mother of four children and loves to spend her free time reading, working on jigsaw puzzles, and practicing yoga.

Born and raised in El Paso, Aimée graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso with a bachelor's in Psychology and Philosophy. She recently earned her Master's degree in Philosophy at the same university. Aimée brings years of experience working in public policy, including immigration, and loves reading and discovering new things. 

Originally from Spain, Jesús has a Master's in Migration Studies at the University of San Francisco under a Fulbright scholarship. He holds a Bachelor's in International Relations (studied in Spain and Brazil) and a Master's in European Union. He has been honored to accompany migrant justice advocacy movements in Spain, the US, and Central America. His research interests focus on border externalization policies, comparative migration policies, and the root causes of forced migration. 

Lucy del Valle is an accountant by training with a degree in Certified Public Accounting from the University of San Carlos of Guatemala. She has worked in government, the nonprofit sector and with international organizations, including the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and she holds a certificate in NGO administration from the FOCSIV Institute in Rome, Italy. Lucy is a mother of two young children and an active community volunteer in the borderlands.