About Us

Who are we?

We are a team of strategists, designers, and engineers committed to amplifying the impact of those working to protect immigrants and refugees.

Alicia Nieves

Executive Director

Before founding Streetwide, Alicia served low-income clients facing eviction in NYC at JustFix.nyc and was a product manager at the IP software company Alt.Legal. Alicia is a graduate of New York University School of Law. She is a Roddenberry Fellow and Harry S. Truman Scholar. Alicia is the daughter of a Mexican immigrant family.

Fred Diego

Chief Technology Officer

He is a senior full-stack software engineer with specialization in distributed systems and data infrastructure. He has previously worked at Buzzfeed where he worked on distributed platform APIs as well as the Tasty property. Fred received his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Cognitive Science from Indiana University. Fred spent 25 years of his life as an undocumented immigrant from Mexico.