Season 3- Episode 8: Michelle Tremillo - Build Power and Lead Differently.
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Peter and Tania talk to Michelle about building power and leadership differently.
Michelle Tremillo, Co-Executive Director and one of Texas Organizing Project’s co-founders, is a 4th generation Tejana, born and raised in a low-income neighborhood in San Antonio. She has two decades of community organizing experience, and is responsible for raising a multi-million dollar budget, co-developing TOP’s overall strategy to create and win on our economic and racial justice policy agenda in Texas’ 3 largest metro areas, as well as leading TOP’s voter engagement program--the largest independent grassroots program in Texas--which has mobilized more than 3.2 million Black and Latino voters to the ballot box across the state. Michelle has been recognized numerous times locally and nationally for her leadership in the progressive movement, including: in Mother Jones as one of 8 women leading the resistance in Texas (2017), in Texas Monthly’s 2018 Power Issue, along with Brianna Brown, as one of 31 Texans taking charge, and as one of She The People’s 20 Women of Color in Politics to Watch in 2020, which was also featured in Elle Magazine.