Francisco Diez

Senior Policy Strategist at Center for Popular Democracy

Francisco works to amplify worker voices and power within the workplace and improve workplace protections. He supports affiliate organizing for reforms to unemployment insurance, Fair Workweek legislation, paid leave policies, and the fight against forced arbitration.

Prior to joining CPD, he organized for anti-racist organizational reforms while a student at Princeton University’s School for Public and International Affairs. Before graduate school, Francisco worked as a content researcher for TED Conferences LLC. At the same time, he organized for New York City Democratic Socialists of America, working to amplify their capacity in the aftermath of the 2016 General Election. In 2015 and 2016, he worked for the Bernie Sanders campaign, first as a Field Organizer in New Hampshire and then as a National Latino Outreach Strategist, spearheading Latinx field operations. He also spent time in South Africa and Mozambique, researching the development of welfare state programs in the Global South.

Timeline

  • Senior Policy Strategist

    Current role

  • Worker Justice Policy Advocate