Emma Lozano is a community grassroots activist and pastor at United Lincoln Methodist Church in Pilsen, Chicago.
Lozano's activism began as a volunteer for Centro de Acción Social Autónomo (Center for Autonomous Social Action), originally founded in Los Angeles in 1968 by Bert Corona and Chole Alatorre, which she joined with her brother Rudy Lozano.
"[4] That same year, she founded the grassroots organization Centro sin Fronteras for undocumented families, first addressing the overcrowding of a local elementary school, "in which 1,200 children were jammed into a facility built to accommodate only 400 students."
The organization has since worked to address issues of bilingual education, lead poisoning, housing, police brutality, library services, youth employment, and gentrification.
"[3] Lozano's church has been the target of white supremacist attacks for providing "sanctuary to refugees and undocumented immigrants who are appealing deportation orders."