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Bolt student takes charge, educates community on immigration rights

Alexa Jaramillo
Alexa Jaramillo, an eighth grader at TBP’s Bolt campus, is making headlines for leading a student-driven initiative aimed at educating immigrant families about their rights.

The Fort Worth Report recently featured Jaramillo’s efforts with the Red Card Project, a campaign designed to ease community fears surrounding immigration enforcement. Jaramillo, along with fellow student Kimberly Garcia, distributed informative cards provided by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center during after-school pickup on March 3.

The cards outline constitutional rights and provide scripts families can use during interactions with law enforcement or immigration authorities.

“I’ve always seen myself speaking out for people,” Jaramillo said. “I felt like I was the only one who actually spoke on it and did something about it.”

Following distribution at Bolt, Jaramillo and her peers visited the nearby Pafford campus, where younger students assisted in handing out cards and flyers for an upcoming Parent University event. This session, held March 5, featured speakers from Proyecto Inmigrante Immigration Counseling Services and the Dallas Police Department’s UNIDOS program, offering guidance on immigration policy updates and community safety practices.

“TBP serves many diverse communities across the DFW metroplex, but our core mission is the same: to inspire every student to do more, expect more, and be more,” said TBP CEO/Superintendent Randy Shaffer. “Alexa exemplifies our mission because she found an issue she was passionate about, identified resources, and worked with her peers and community to make her vision a reality. We are proud of her and all our students who seek to do more, expect more, and be more.”

Fort Worth Report Article