Reyna Montoya is a Social Entrepreneur based in Gilbert, Arizona. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Aliento. Montoya was chosen for theForbes 30 Under 30list for 2018 in the category of Social Entrepreneurs.^[1]

Montoya was born in Tijuana, Mexico and migrated toArizonain 2003 as anIllegal immigration. She went on to attendArizona State Universitywhere she earned degrees inPolitical Scienceand Transborder Studies and aDanceminor. She holds a M.Ed in Secondary Education from Grand Canyon University.

In 2013, she was the lead organizer, who prevented an immigration bus of undocumented immigrants from deportation in Phoenix, AZ for the first time in the nation’s history. In the same year, with the help of the community, she stopped her father’s deportation. Montoya is the Founder and Executive Director of Aliento which supports 6.5 million undocumented youth and children of immigrant parents through art, leadership development, organizing and education.

Montoya has received a number of accolades including Soros Justice Fellow 2016, #NBCLatino20 2017, andForbes 30 Under 30in 2018.