Carlos Valverde (he, him, his, el) was the founding State Director of the Colorado Working Families Party and now serves as the Southwest Regional Director of the Working Families Party (WFP), where he oversees electoral and organizing campaigns in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas. He has more than 20 years of experience in grassroots community organizing, coalition building, and social change work. Prior to WFP, Carlos spent six years in Nicaragua where he worked in community based economic development and empowerment programs with the Peace Corps and other international organizations. Prior to Nicaragua, Carlos served as an Executive Director for the Colorado Progressive Coalition, where he led numerous legislative and ballot measure campaigns for racial, economic, and health justice.
Carlos was born and raised in Denver’s Westside, an epicenter of the Chicano movement. Recently, he helped lead independent expenditure efforts to elect three Working Families champions to flip the Denver city council, and two district attorney candidates on a platform to end mass incarceration. Carlos has an undergraduate degree from The Colorado College and a Master degree in Nonprofit Management from Regis University. He currently sits on the boards of Free Speech TV, a national non-corporate media outlet, and COLOR Action Fund.
“I look forward to conspiring with other Fellows, to the learning that will come from the sharing of our wide-ranging collection of experience, and the rich discussions that will sharpen our analysis and expand our visions for our work and what is possible.“