2020
CHIO
VALERIO-GONZALEZ
DIRECTOR OF CAMPAIGNS
ALIGN
Chio Valerio-Gonzalez has been serving as the Director of Campaigns at ALIGN. Valerio-Gonzalez
emigrated from Mexico when she was 10years old to Detroit, Michigan, where she saw
fi rst-hand the disinvestment in Black and immigrant communities and reinvigorated her spirit
to fi ght for social justice. Prior to coming to ALIGN, Valerio-Gonzalez was Labor Deputy Director
at New York Communities for Change, where she helped develop low-wage worker strategic
campaigns.
Valerio-Gonzalez coordinated the Car Wash Campaign, and helped to win $15per hour for
fast food workers and then all workers across the State. Valerio-Gonzalez earned her Bachelor’s
Degree from the University of Michigan. Most recently Valerio-Gonzalez was able to
successfully help pass the Commercial Waste Zones bill in City Council which would overhaul
the commercial waste industry as part of the Transform Don’t Trash.
SALUTE TO LABOR