Sergio Rodriguez Camarena
Sergio Rodriguez Camarena is a Criminal Justice Research Manager at Arnold Ventures. He facilitates and manages research grants that surface new, evidence-based solutions to reduce crime and improve outcomes for everyone who interacts with the criminal justice system.
Before joining Arnold Ventures, Sergio worked at the Vera Institute of Justice on the Vera California team, focusing on supporting Los Angeles County’s efforts to expand alternatives to incarceration, pretrial diversion, and community-based systems of care. Prior to joining the Vera California team, Sergio worked in Vera’s Unaccompanied Children Program, ensuring legal representation for immigrant children facing deportation without a parent or legal guardian. Sergio is an alum of the Immigrant Justice Corps, serving as a Department of Justice accredited representative and representing and providing relief to more than 200 immigrants in New York City.
Sergio was born in Sayula, Jalisco, Mexico, and raised in Santa Ana, California. He received his Master in Public Affairs from Princeton University and holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and a minor in French from Pomona College. Sergio is formerly undocumented/DACAmented, proudly queer, and lives with his husband and his three fluffballs: Brimsley, Copper, and Lyra.