Jose is the youngest member of the Ramsey County Transforming Systems Together Committee and formerly the St. Paul City Council Reparations Committee and testified five times at the Minnesota Legislature on removing barriers to teachers of color.
Jose is a St. Paul native and the son of a single mother, a Guatemalan immigrant. His father was deported to El Salvador when Jose was one. José has experience with the Justice system, failing first and ninth grade and as an English language learner with dyslexia. He is an R&B artist and a proud 2019 graduate of the High School for Recording Arts. He has keynoted two national education conferences. Jose’s vision for Minnesota is why he’s an advocate for human-centered transformation of our education and economic systems.