Crystal Muñoz

Crystal Muñoz is an analyst at GBPI, where she focuses on state and federal policies and research that affect the immigrant community in Georgia.

Crystal graduated from Georgia State University, where she earned her bachelor’s in political science. After interning for GALEO, she realized that she wanted to work in the policy and advocacy field. She was a legislative aide for the then Minority Leader, Stacey Abrams. She also worked as a field organizer for the New Georgia Project and the Democratic Party of Georgia. She was an AmeriCorp VISTA at the Latin American Association, serving as Coalition Coordinator for two years.

At the end of her service year, she decided to get her master’s in public administration at Georgia State with the hopes of being able to use her degree to promote positive policies that help people live better lives. After graduating, Crystal worked as the Policy and Legislation Program Coordinator for the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the oldest and largest Latino advocacy organization. In her role at the organization, she informed the CEO on various policy issues that affected the Latino community and formed relationships with allies at other organizations and congressional staff.

She was born and raised in Georgia. Her family is originally from Michoacán, Mexico, and she currently resides in Gwinnett with her family and their chihuahua Rambo.