Nik Evasco
Nik (they/them) is a migration expert with particular focus in environmental displacement and refugee and asylum policy. Nik is a contributing writer to Pushing Back Protection: How Offshoring and Externalization Imperil the Right to Asylum.
They received a Master’s in Migration Studies from the University of San Francisco (2019). During their time at USF they presented conference papers on the compounding traps of international immigration regimes and a worsening climate crisis in Mexico City and Singapore. They are active in the environmental and immigrant justice struggles and believe that community organizing and direct action are crucial tools to combating systemic oppression.
They are a trained teacher and bring an education lens to movement building to dispel myths and to empower people. They believe frontline and fenceline communities should be leading - both in the streets and where policies are written. They live on stolen Ramaytush Ohlone land and you can often find them walking their dog along the beach at sunset.