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Portrait of Annie Dimitras

Annie Dimitras

Citizenship Program & Policy Specialist, Seattle Office of Immigrant & Refugee Affairs

Visiting Toronto Metropolitan Univeristy

Spring 2025

Annie Dimitras is a Citizenship Program & Policy Specialist at the City of Seattle’s Office of Immigrant & Refugee Affairs. In this role, she manages grant funding and partnerships with local non-profit legal services providers to help community members become US citizens. She also plays a leading role in local and national networks focused on advancing fair naturalization policies and access to legal services.

Prior to joining the City of Seattle, she held a variety of roles in non-profit organizations and government focused on supporting and advocating for immigrant and refugee communities in the Seattle region.

Annie completed her Master’s degree in Human Rights & Democratization through the Global Campus of Human Rights, an EU-funded network of universities focused on promoting human rights education. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing & International Studies from the University of California, San Diego.

Research focus while a Fellow with CERC

Annie will be exploring the role of municipal governments in supporting immigrant integration with a particular focus on innovative strategies to promote naturalization and belonging to the City. She will engage with local government representatives, CERC Migration researchers, and other Toronto-based stakeholders to better understand local strategies in this area, identify practices that may be shared and adopted with US cities to further promote naturalization and establish ongoing channels for knowledge-sharing and collaboration across the US-Canada border.