Saulo Padilla graduated from Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS), Elkhart, Indiano. with a Master's of Arts in Theology and Ethics. Since 2008 Padilla has worked with Mennonite Central Committee, providing learning opportunities about the need for better and safer mechanisms for people facing migration and advocating to reform the U.S. immigration system. He coordinates immigration law trainings for non-profits offering immigration legal services to immigrant communities, and leads learning tours to the U.S./Mexico borderlands and the Guatemala/Mexico border. His passion to work with immigrants comes from his own experience as the son of a refugee and immigrant, as well as the biblical call to welcome the stranger.