New American Leaders is a nonprofit organization that recruits people of immigrant heritage to run for elected office in the United States.
[5] According to the organization's 2019 study of the American Community Survey, naturalized citizens make up hundreds of thousands of eligible voters in so-called swing states and could prove influential in presidential elections.
In 2018, nearly 50 alumni ran for public office across the country,[7] of whom 18 won their races in state assemblies, city councils and school boards.
[8] Catalina Cruz credits the training as having helped her raise nearly $200,000 in her successful primary bid for New York State Assembly representing Jackson Heights, Queens in 2018, becoming the first DREAMer elected to that legislative body.
[2][9] In January 2020, New American Leaders received a three-year grant of $1.5 million from the Ascend Fund to recruit and train women candidates.