Paulina Olvera Cáñez is the executive director and founder of Espacio Migrante and has years of experience in culture-based community organizing. She has focused her work in the access to human rights for migrants and refugees, with a focus on racial and linguistic justice, and access to education. She is also passionate in her solidarity with Palestine.

Espacio Migrante is a transborder community organization based in Tijuana, which works with migrant communities to promote access to Human Rights, such as education and health; provide comprehensive care and at the same time raise awareness in the community about the realities of migrants. Espacio Migrante has a shelter for migrant families, as well as a cultural and community center where migrants living in Tijuana can participate in community activities, educational programs, cultural events, and health and legal services.

She studied a Bachelor's degree in International Relations at the Autonomous University of Baja California. In 2019, she received the San Diego Fellowship and is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Latin American Studies at the University of California, UCSD. Her research examines the experiences of Haitian and African migrants in Baja California, their access to rights, and institutional racism. At UCSD, she worked as a graduate research student at the Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, studying "Children of Mexican Parents Expelled from the United States: Policy, Administrative Process, and Family Experiences." Paulina was awarded a UCSD Interdisciplinary Collaboration Fellowship and collaborated on the research project "Educational Continuity for Migrant Students at the U.S.-Mexico Border," as part of the Rights and Mobilities Network (REDEM).

Paulina is a wife, and mother of two boys, ages twelve and two. They are the motivation for her work, and she hopes to raise them with love so they can be compassionate and kind. She wants to continue working for a more just world for them and all children.