alejandra.gomez

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Alejandra Gomez

Alex comes out of SB1070 and was trained, along with many others, to organize the community in the aftermath with an organization that was founded shortly after, Promise Arizona. That's led her to incredible opportunities, where she worked for Organizing for America in Arizona, the Adios Arpaio campaign she directed with NOI, and as a Deputy Organizing Director at United We Dream during the immigration reform push in 2013 and 2014. Since then, she's now a Co-executive Director at Living United for Change in Arizona (LUChA), where they organize and coordinate many different efforts across a range of issues locally, including immigration, worker's rights, living wages, and voter registration. Alex brings what I would consider a wide lens perspective, given both the local and national roles she's served, and as being one of most influential people in Arizona, investing in new leadership that is changing the political landscape at home.