Lupita Orozco is a J.D. Candidate at Columbia Law School (Class of 2025) and a Student Fellow at the Ira M. Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership.
Born and raised in sunny California, Lupita moved across the country to attend NYU in 2015. As an undergrad, Lupita was inspired by past mentors and earned a position as a First-Generation College Mentor to incoming undergraduate students. In 2019, Lupita graduated as a University Honors Scholar from NYU’s College of Arts and Sciences with a BA in English and Creative Writing and a minor in Politics. While attending NYU’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Lupita specialized in US and Mexico border relations and their effects on Immigrant and later-generation families. As part of her research, Lupita wrote and edited her own novella, (which has potential for a trilogy in the YA genre). In 2022, Lupita completed an MA in Interdisciplinary Studies.