Ana Guadalupe Lua Martel is a second-year Master of Public Policy (MPP) candidate at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, with academic concentrations in Immigration Policy and Nonprofit Leadership. Ana’s career interests center on advancing equitable policies for immigrant and low-income communities through applied research and public service.

Ana is currently a Policy Fellow and Graduate Student Researcher with the UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute (LPPI), where she supports research and leadership initiatives focused on Latino civic and political representation. In Summer 2025, she was selected as a Monica Salinas Field Fellow and interned in the Office of California Assemblywoman Blanca E. Rubio, contributing to policy and community engagement work on issues affecting historically underserved communities throughout Los Angeles County.

Before graduate school, Ana worked at Jive Live Entertainment, where she supported more than 20 projects in collaboration with organizations such as Hispanas Organized for Political Equality (HOPE) and the Latina Lawyers Bar Association (LLBA). She also played a key role in organizing LPPI’s inaugural Latina Futures: Transforming the Nation Through Law & Policy symposium.

Ana is a double Bruin and earned her B.A. in Political Science and Chicanx Studies with a minor in Labor Studies from UCLA.

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