Melixza Gonzalez, Class of 2008

Melixza González has over ten years experience working with diverse immigrant and refugee communities both as program coordinator and union organizer. Currently, as Program Coordinator at the Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants (MORI), Ms. González oversees Social Adjustment Services projects implemented by the Mutual Assistance Association (MAA) coalition of ten ethnic refugee grassroots organizations. Those include youth, elder, interpreting and translation services; post resettlement programs and ethnic community projects. Prior to joining ORI Ms. González was a Network Associate at The Public Policy Institute and a Union Organizer at the Service International Union, SEIU, where she worked on local, national and international organizing campaigns. In the past, she volunteered with SEIU and MIRA on coordinating citizenship drives for the Ya es hora ¡Ciudadanía! campaign. She earned her B.A. in Political Science with minors in Sociology and Social Justice from Simmons College.