Melanny Buitron, Program Manager, TheDream.US
Melanny is a Program Manager at TheDream.US.  A DACA recipient, she holds an Associate of Arts degree from Wilbur Wright College – City Colleges of Chicago. Buitron was awarded TheDream.US scholarship and  graduated debt-free from Northeastern Illinois in May of 2019 with a BA in Business Administration. She held leadership roles in multiple student organizations such as Student Government Association, Undocumented Resilient, and Organized (URO), and Latin America Student Organization (LASO). She accepted a Title V capstone opportunity as lead intern at the Wright College Humboldt Park campus to roll out a strategic plan that would develop and establish resources and support for undocumented students. She was proud to personally design a first-ever Monarch Butterfly symbol that was used widely across the City Colleges of Chicago. She served as the first undocumented Student Representative on the City Colleges of Chicago Board of Trustees. She interned at multiple civic-oriented organizations such as Chicago Votes, and in the office of Illinois U.S. Senator Dick Durbin.