Alberto Fernández joined Working America in 2015 to direct the Working America We Rise project serving immigrant workers and their communities. His responsibilities include implementing Working America’s outreach program across language, racial and ethnic lines, and overseeing worker organizing projects in several states. Alberto was a student activist in Mexico City in the late 1990s, and has worked for the labor movement both in Mexico and the U.S. He joined Working America after completing coursework and field research for his Ph.D. in politics from the New School for Social Research.
