Speakers-Kathy Michienzie Rendon

Kathy Michienzie Rendon, Deputy Executive Director Colorado Education Association, grew up in Arvada, CO and is a graduate of Arvada High School. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Providence College and a Master of Social Work and MA in International Development from the University of Denver. Rendon’s organizing career began in 2003 while in graduate school, where she interned at Centro Humanitario para las Trabajadores in Denver, to help organize day laborers on the street corners to come together for improved working conditions and to organize with community partners to prevent wage theft. In 2004, she moved to SEIU Local 105, Justice for Janitors where she worked as a strategic researcher and organizing director helping janitors in the Denver Metro Area organize unions and bargain collectively. In 2010, Rendon moved to the teachers union, beginning at the Jefferson County Education Association and later at the Colorado Education Association the largest union in Colorado, where she currently serves as Deputy Executive Director and manages the Center for Organizing. She lives in Denver with her husband and two sons.