Brenda Bedolla

Brenda Bedolla serves as the City and County Political Coordinator for SEIU Healthcare Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Kansas ‘SEIU HCII’. SEIU HCII is the largest service worker union in the midwest, representing more than 90,000 workers across four divisions.

A Michoacán, Mexico, native and DACA recipient, Brenda Bedolla’s passion for workers’ rights and social justice was shaped by her firsthand immigrant experience, coupled with her 10 years of service to the Chicagoland area restaurant industry. She is passionate about building people's power in and outside of workplaces, and can be found organizing her community when she's not organizing workers. In addition to her organizing work, Brenda has served as a Director for the Morton College Foundation since October of 2019. Brenda is the proud mother of Nairobi and is most recently a contributing author to Today’s Inspired Young Latinas, Volume V. Brenda holds an Associates of Arts degree from Morton College and a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Women’s and Gender Studies from Northeastern Illinois University.