One of the Farmworker Association’s founding principles is that the organization be led by farmworkers. Our Board is elected by local membership councils, reflecting the ethnic/racial/gender diversity of the communities we represent. Organizational leadership and majority of the staff also come from the communities served.
The Board of Directors of the Farmworker Association of Florida is elected every five years during the FWAF statewide General Assembly. Delegates to the General Assembly are selected by the members of the local leadership committees or chapters in each area. The delegates then elect the members of the Board to reflect the demographic composition of and to represent and report back to their specific local community.
General CoordinatorPrincipal Investigator
Nezahualcoyotl (Neza) Xiuhtecutli
Grants ManagerGrants Manager
Annie Seay
Homestead Area Organizer
Maria Barragán
Immokalee Area Coordinator and Organizer
Maria Carmona
Admin Assistant
Beatriz Castillo
CoordinatorPesticide Safety and Environmental Health Program
Jeannie Economos
Homestead Area Organizer
Claudia Gonzalez
Fellsmere Area Coordinator and Organizer
Maria Martinez
Front Desk Receptionist - Apopka
Ivonne Moreno
Apopka Area Organizer
Yesica Ramirez
Financial Officer
Sonya Young
Administrator
Elvia Zamora
Computer Technician
Edward Castillo
Campesinos’ Gardens Fellsmere