Alondra Cano

Alondra is the first Latina to have been elected to serve on the Minneapolis City Council. She’s the Ninth Ward representative and part of the youngest and most racially diverse governing Council in the history of the City of Minneapolis. During her first months in office, she made national headlines as she worked shoulder-to-shoulder with American Indian leaders to secure a unanimous Council vote to abolish Columbus Day and recognize Indigenous Peoples Day. As the daughter of Mexican undocumented immigrants and low-wage workers, she led the charge to pass a $15 per hour minimum wage ordinance helping over 71,000 workers. As the mother of three boys growing up in East Phillips, she fiercely defended the community’s Green Zones vision to create pollution-free neighborhoods for the most low-income areas of our city.

Previous to her Council role, she served as Associate Director of the Minnesota Immigrant Freedom Network and successfully passed the MN Dream Act, later was an Aide to Council Vice President Robert Lilligren, and then spearheaded the Multilingual Communications division for Minneapolis Public Schools. Alondra is passionate about infusing her policy making efforts with an organizing framework that engages artists, musicians, and grassroots groups to build a powerful voice for racial justice, workers’ rights, and mother earth. She is changing the face of politics.