Christina Fialho was inspired by her experience as an Ethics Center Hackworth Fellow at Santa Clara University to found Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement (CIVIC), the only national nonprofit dedicated to increasing awareness of the multibillion dollar immigration prison industry. As co-executive director of CIVIC, Fialho has doubled the organization's staff in four years and helped pass groundbreaking legislation in California. She remains dedicated to ending immigration detention in the United States through local grassroots efforts and growing experience.