Adriana Barboza

Adriana Barboza is passionate about social justice, race and gender equity, and building power through organizing, training, and great management. She was most recently the Vice President of Program Strategy and Partnerships at Re:Power (formerly Wellstone). She has over 18 years of experience in community organizing, training, and providing technical support to groups working on electoral efforts and in the democracy field. Adriana has provided technical assistance to the frontline groups engaged in fighting for judicial independence, expanding democracy, protecting voting rights, and redistricting. Adriana has also provided strategic support in designing and delivering partnership-based training and programs for leading civic engagement organizations and coalitions. Adriana was born in Jalisco, Mexico and grew up on the South Side of Chicago. She holds a law degree from Depaul University and a Bachelor’s from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. When she is not on the road, she loves to plan her next trip and spend quality time with her fashionable and photogenic dog Pikete.