Jillian Hopewell, MPA, MA is the Director of Education and Professional Development for MCN. In this position, Jillian directs MCN's continuing education program for clinicians and oversees 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 the MCN website and provides technical assistance and support to clinics and clinicians working to better serve migrants. Jillian leads MCN’s California office, located in Chico, CA.

Jillian received her Masters of Arts in Public Policy and her Masters in Latin American Studies from the University of Texas at Austin where she specialized in the policy implications and development challenges of binational tuberculosis care.

Prior to working with MCN, Jillian 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 was also the Country Director in the Dominican Republic for Amigos de las Americas, a youth leadership and community development organization. In this position she supervised 80 youth volunteers and 6 staff members. Prior to this she served as a Route Leader for the same organization in Paraguay. Jillian is fluent in Spanish.

Jillian is married with three children.