Jillian Hopewell, MPA, MA has devoted her professional career to health care justice for immigrant populations. For the last 15 years, Ms. Hopewell has worked with Migrant Clinician Network, the oldest and largest clinical network dedicated to improving health care for underserved migrants. Ms. Hopewell directs MCN's California Office and she is currently part the executive management team at MCN, serving as the Director of Education and Professional Development. In this capacity, Ms. Hopewell oversees MCN's comprehensive technical assistance program for migrant and community health centers and migrant clinicians. She also directs MCN's continuing education program for clinicians and coordinates all of MCN's clinical publications. She is the editor of Streamline, a bimonthly peer reviewed publication that reaches over two thousand clinicians. Additionally, she is responsible for the development and ongoing management of content for MCN's award winning website.

Ms. Hopewell has a Master's degree from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, and a Master of Arts from the Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She specialized in the policy implications and development challenges of binational tuberculosis care. Prior to joining MCN, Ms. Hopewell worked extensively in international arenas. She spent a year researching the role of indigenous art in sustainable economic development and the continuance of cultural traditions in Ecuador and Indonesia. She also served as the Country Director in the Dominican Republic for Amigos de las Americas, a youth leadership and community development organization. Prior to this she was a Route Leader for the same organization in Paraguay. Jillian is fluent in Spanish.

Jillian is married with three children.