Martin Chavez Email & Phone Number

United States

Study topic: Workforce shortages in the agricultural industry

Carlsbad, California, United States

-Have secured over $80,000 in funding for speaker series in the Central Valley, while negotiating the speakers’ contracts and organizing the events’ logistics -Featured speakers have included syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrette, former H.U.D. Secretary Julian Castro, Presidential Advisor Rev. Samuel

-Contracted to help 40,000 farmworkers in the Salinas Valley overcome their fear of the COVID 19 vaccine-Conducted video interviews in both Spanish and English to describe the vaccination efforts by Grower Shippers Association -Captured video footage to be used across various social media platforms and local news segments

Joined the collaborative with a passion to share the untold reality of the Latino community.Duties included:-Producing the podcast and drafting the topics of conversation for each week-Designing and marketing the content viewers see online-Organizing public forums and securing sponsorshipsThe Latino Paradox refers to the fact that -- for America's 54.

-Managed the company’s promotional radio and print ad budgets -Facilitated a vaccination site for 1,200 local immigrant farmworkers and created a campaign at work to encourage our peers to get vaccinated -Coordinated the company’s annual customer appreciation lunch and trade show for over 2,000 farmers, while hosting 80 exhibitors -Attended trade shows and.

Fresno, California, United States

-Developed new leads by reaching out to growers and packers throughout the Central Valley-Helped create and implement strategies to make our clients’ businesses more efficient and compliant

-Managed press and partnerships for 2x Amateur Boxing World Champion Marc Castro-Negotiated sponsorship deals, coordinated media interviews, and set up events to grow Castro’s popularity in California

Fresno, California Area

-Helped greet prospective home buyers and answered questions to help facilitate their buying experience-Maintained the sales department email database by updating prospective buyers’ information and following up with leads-Worked on various community, philanthropic, and company projects with the owner of the company

Greater Los Angeles Area

-Consistently surpassed average daily goal of 200 calls by 100%, while still convincing approximately 60 voters a day on the policy platform

Merced, California Area

-Organized communitywide campaign kickoff event, bringing together community members and stakeholders to publicize campaign platform -Developed a Latino outreach campaign, helping to convey candidate’s message in Spanish, also serving as a translator for media interviews -Served as the university liaison, coordinating the UC Merced volunteer canvassing.

Merced, California Area

-Managed a 38-person campaign team (8 paid and 30 volunteers), directing and coordinating a district wide outreach campaign -Coordinated social media and traditional media campaign, strategically coordinating Television, newspaper, and radio appearances. which resulted in a 300% increase in Facebook traffic and 400 twitter followers-Fostered new.

Merced, California

-Increased club membership, planned club trips, organized club members to help local candidates, and hosted events on campus

Merced, California Area

-Advocated for student rights and worked with our school’s administration to ensure our students’ concerns were being addressed

Merced, California Area

-Secured over $30,000 in funding each year, negotiating the speakers’ contracts and organizing the logistics for the inaugural “Opportunity in Action” summit headlined by Julian Castro and nationally syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrette. -Our follow-up summit delved into the subject of women in leadership and politics in the United States with Ruben.

Hanford, California

-Worked on both special election and reelection campaigns, utilized grassroots strategy to help our republican and conservative candidate win in a left leaning and Hispanic district-Coordinated a group of College Republicans at UC Merced to volunteer for the campaign

Greater Los Angeles Area

-Helped identify supporters and recruited volunteers through speaking at local high schools-Used NationBuilder, for tracking conversations with voters and donors

Hanford CA

-Answered calls fielded toward the assemblyman’s platform and needs of districts constituents—preparing 50-100 community certificate a week-Updated community directory, whereby mailed over 300 letters a week

Bachelor'S Degree, Economics

Activities and Societies: College Republicans at UC Merced

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