Jaime Liborio Del Razo

Jaime grew up in the historic Boyle Heights barrio of Los Angeles, CA, and identifies as a Chicano. As a proud son of Mexican immigrants who came to this country with an elementary education, Jaime is a first-generation middle school, high school, college, and Ph.D. graduate. Jaime’s research examines how oppression and systems of power manifests in overt and subtle forms in the United States. Utilizing critical theoretical perspectives and mixed methodologies, his two current lines of inquiry are (1) College Access & Equity for Undocumented Students; and (2) The School-To-Military Pipeline.

Jaime holds a Ph.D. in Education from UCLA’s Graduate School of Education & Information Studies (GSE&IS) and a Bachelor of Arts in Rhetoric from UC Berkeley. Prior to his current role as an assistant professor of education at Vassar College, Jaime was a principal research associate and adjunct professor at Brown University. He has also worked as a high school math teacher and as a director of a college outreach STEM program, both in the city of Compton, California. Prior to college, Jaime served four years in the U.S. Army, and he is a Gulf War combat veteran.

Jaime is co-founder & executive director of Chicano Organizing & Research in Education (CORE). His organization runs the Que Llueva Café Scholarship that is now completing its 14th year in existence and has awarded over $100,000 to college-bound, undocumented students across the country. Jaime is also co-founder and lead organizer for the Immigrant Youth Empowerment Conference (IYEC) at Vassar College which completed its 3rd Annual conference on April 5, 2024, with plans to offer the 4th annual conference next year.

Jaime is married to the love of his life, Maritza, and both serve as House Fellows for Davison House at Vassar College. They both met and were married when they were both students at UC Berkeley, over 25 years ago. They have 2 children, and they are grateful to say that their family has found a new home in New York.