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Bio:
Marco A. Grimaldo is the strategist for National Church Partners and Latino Communities at Bread for the World.
A native Texan, Grimaldo was born near San Antonio and later moved to Brownsville. Living and working on the U.S./Mexico border has informed his work and helped shaped the direction of his professional life to advocate for an end to hunger.
Grimaldo has been an outspoken advocate for comprehensive immigration reform and for addressing the root causes of migration – which are too often hunger and poverty.
He has served Bread in various capacities during the past 27 years, spanning all aspects of Bread’s mission.
Grimaldo is a graduate of Texas State University in San Marcos and attended Georgetown University for graduate work in public policy.
He has served on numerous boards of directors and leadership teams in the Presbyterian Church (USA). He also sits on the board of the Virginia Coalition for Immigrant Rights (VACIR), of which he is a founding member.