California Institute of the Arts

Texas Christian University

Campaign Manager, Rachael Rose for Los Angeles City Council District 13, 2022

Los Angeles, California, United States

- Trained an estimated 1,000 volunteers and launched over 100 field canvass teams in Congressional Districts 28 and 29 (won by margins of 26,000 votes and 23,000 votes, respectively), and the hotly contested Congressional District 30, where Biden and Warren had high turnout, but still went to Sanders  
 
-  Provided key support at dozens of events in East LA, South LA, and the San Fernando Valley, which included, among others, special guest speakers Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer; Director of Public Policy at National Nurses United Michael Lighty; and Civil Rights Activist Shaun King

Bernie Sanders For President

Field Organizer

Coalition to Preserve L.A.

Political Consultant

- Allied with grassroots groups across the state in lobbying State Senators to successfully kill pro-gentrification Senate Bill 827 in 2018, and to successfully freeze pro-luxury SB 50 through 2020
- Mobilized and provided key aid to South LA’s Town Hall opposing SB 50, which drew 350 people to Holman Church, including Councilmembers Wesson, Koretz & chief of staff to Harris-Dawson
- Lead Coordinator/Organizer of Boyle Heights Town Hall featuring Councilmember Paul Koretz, district director Steve Veres from Senator Durazo’s office, East Area Rep of Mayor Garcetti’s office, Tenants Right’s Lawyer Antonio Gallo and other Latinx neighborhood leaders opposing SB 50
- Co-led the statewide team that successfully pressured State Senator Nancy Skinner to amend SB 330 by removing pro-slumlord and anti-democratic provisions
- Developed & managed a digital statewide Nextdoor campaign in support of Yes On Prop 10, the 2018 effort that would’ve repealed Costa-Hawkins & allowed local governments to adopt rent control 
- Provided strategy and tactics to ally organizations fighting for ethics reform at L.A. City Hall – a long-term effort that in May 2019 brought a win with the approval of Councilmember Ryu’s Ethics Reform Motion (which includes bans on developer contributions & behested payments)
- Co-managed several press conferences to raise awareness of the homeless crisis and the fight to renovate, rename, and reuse the Parker Center as homeless/affordable housing for 730 people at less than one-quarter of the price of City Council’s plan for a billion-dollar luxury office space

Community Organizer

- Developed 50 canvassers into persuasive advocates in the anti-gentrification “Yes On S” campaign 
- Co-managed the San Fernando Valley Field office, running phonebanks and launching dozens of canvassers daily, which culminated in thousands of qualitative contacts with voters

AIDS Healthcare Foundation

Regional Field Director

- Managed the East L.A. Hillary for America campaign office which made over 800K phone calls into Nevada and other Battleground States during Get Out the Early Vote and Get Out the Vote campaigns
- Coordinated with CA and NV staff on the CA2NV program which helped elect Catherine Cortez-Masto to the U.S. Senate, the first Latina ever to earn the honor
- Trained and developed Fellows, Interns and hundreds of volunteers with an adaptive approach (due to compressed timetables) while co-managing pressers and other events with civil rights activist Dolores Huerta, and elected officials L.A. County Supervisor Hilda Solis, Mayor Eric Garcetti, Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard, State Senator Kevin de León, Congressman Adam Schiff, Assemblymember Miguel Santiago, and Senator Kamala Harris

Hillary for America

Field Organizer  -  Latino Outreach Lead

Provided consulting services and Latino Outreach during the California Primary

- Organized several hundred Airbnb hosts, sharing economy advocates, and small business owners in the fervid campaign to ensure fair home-sharing legislation in the city of Los Angeles
- Developed dozens of constituents into effective public speakers in legislative advocacy

Airbnb

- Educated city-certified Neighborhood Councils, community groups, and Los Angeles leaders on how Nextdoor’s digital platform could be implemented within their own neighborhoods to privately discuss safety, services, and political concerns affecting their hyperlocal communities
- Canvassed 1000’s of homes throughout Los Angeles, cultivating relationships with and transforming dozens of formerly disconnected communities into ones flourishing with interconnectivity
- In 2014, the project reached critical mass and ‘Nextdoor Los Angeles’ successfully launched

Nextdoor, Inc.

Working alongside California Nurses Association and National Nurses United, we organized South Bay, CA healthcare workers in the rerun Kaiser election ordered by the National Labor Review Board

National Union of Healthcare Workers

Union Organizer

- Collaborated with scores of organizers while managing Field Operations in the San Fernando Valley
- Co-managed the Valley campaign office which drew upwards of a thousand phone-banking, data entry, and administrative volunteers in the weeks leading up to the election
- Displayed speed, accuracy, & functional knowledge of the Voter Activation Network (VAN)

Obama for America

Deputy Regional Field Director

Evaluated metadata and package assets to meet specifications for delivery to various content distributors

Modern Videofilm

Digital QC Operator, iTunes Production

Served as a Data Coordinator ensuring timely and accurate data entry using the Voter Activation Network (VAN) while analyzing voter contact results to determine potential volunteer effectiveness, in addition to training new data volunteers 

Managed and collaborated on OFA events including the OFA L.A. HQ Grand Opening, the Latinos for Obama Launch with special guest Dolores Huerta, the Hilda Solis & Eva Longoria Fundraiser at La Fonda, as well as Phone Banks and Canvassing – all resulting in over 18,000 calls made and over 3,000 face-to-face contacts

Ranked 1st in the SoCal “I’m In” Volunteer Recruitment Challenge with over 600% of my goals being met

Developed a rapport with scores of volunteers while organizing OFA events and recruiting new volunteers in underserved communities

Marketing and Publicity for the outstanding documentary on Academy Award Nominee Bill Plympton.

I Believe Productions, LLC

Special Events Coordinator, Adventures in Plymptoons

Served as collaborator in the strategizing and implementation of several publicity campaigns while resolving sponsor inquiries, managing correspondence, and executing various Street Team experiments

FireStarter Productions, Non-Profit Theatre

Assistant to Director of Marketing

Coordinated all of the scheduling and tracking of Strategic and Tactical Marketing Campaigns

Performed Customer Relations Management with clients, customers, and sales prospects

Handled bookkeeping matters, including tracking the financial activity of various agents

Produced and maintained monthly Budget Estimate and Forecast reports

Princess Cruises

Direct Marketing Coordinator

Coordinated the Theatre Dept Chair’s daily activities including faculty and student-related events

Provided exceptional office support including receptionist duties while multi-tasking in an efficient manner

Proofed and edited correspondence letters and maintained an accurate archive of all hardcopy files

Jorge Castaneda