Sabrina Uribe Ruggiero is the first-generation child of immigrant parents from the Dominican Republic. She joined the United States Coast Guard to earn a Montgomery GI Bill as a supplement for college tuition, and spent eight years performing the missions of search and rescue, counter-narcotics law enforcement, and port security during the 9-11 tragedy. The military exposed Sabrina to many injustices setting the tone for her life’s work. Sabrina earned a Master of Arts in Urban Education Policy from Brown University and completed her undergraduate work at Eckerd College in Florida.