Brian Romero

Brian Romero is an activist, social worker, and legislative staffer. He spent seven years working as a social worker and psychotherapist in the community where he worked with working class, immigrant, and LGBTQ communities. He has spent the last five years working as Chief of Staff to Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas where he worked on several issues including reproductive justice, gender-based violence, immigrant protections, improving affordability, and more. He attended the City University of New York (CUNY) for all three of his degrees and taught as adjunct faculty at CUNY Hunter College and SUNY Stony Brook University. He has worked as a DEI consultant and engaged in social justice activism since he was 17 years old. He has served as President of the Stonewall Democratic Club of NYC, Chair of the National Association of Social Workers PAC, and has been a member of DSA and WFP for several years. He was the chief strategist on the Universal School meals campaign, which successfully secured funding to provider every student in New York with a free breakfast and lunch in school. He has been awarded by Gay City News, the NYC Council and CUNY.