Dr. Patricia Campos-Medina is a labor educator, political scientist, and Executive Director of the Worker Institute at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations. Her work focuses on advancing worker justice, collective bargaining, and the rights of immigrant and low-wage workers.

She holds a PhD from Rutgers University and degrees from Cornell and has held national leadership roles in major labor organizations, including SEIU, Workers United, and LCLAA-AFL-CIO. In 2024, she ran for U.S. Senate in New Jersey and is recognized as a leading voice in labor and politics.

Dr. Campos-Medina is a Visiting Fellow at Rutgers’ Eagleton Institute of Politics, President of Latina Civic, and serves on the boards of PODER PAC and the Network Action Foundation. She is also the host of the Activista Rise Up podcast and a published author on social and economic justice.