Magdaleno Rose-Avila Biography

Magdaleno Rose-Avila was traveling the migrant stream picking fruits and vegetables at the tender age of 13. Today he serves as Executive Director of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project in Seattle. The road from the Southwest to becoming an international advocate for human rights was filled with countless obstacles, great faith, and the support of numerous friends and family. The difficult work of thinning onions as a child provided the background and impetus needed to advocate for workers rights at a very young age. Throughout his career Rose-Avila has been a United States Peace Corps Country Director in Nicaragua Guatemala Paraguay and Micronesia. He has run congressional campaigns and worked for the Democratic National Committee worked for Colorado Legal Services and The Colorado Migrant Council taught theatre and sociology at the University of Colorado and sociology at Colorado College. He has worked in a variety of administrative and leadership positions for the Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights organization Amnesty International USA and was the Western Director for Amnesty International's Campaign to Abolish the Death Penalty. He served as the inaugural Executive Director for the Cesar E. Chavez Foundation.

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