Jorge Aguilar
Jorge Aguilar is the Southern Region Director, and oversees Food & Water Watch’s campaigns in the Southeast region. He has worked to defeat major water privatization projects in Florida and led the successful legislative campaign in Maryland to ban the use of arsenic in chicken production. By working with local coalition partners and volunteers, he is continuing to fight against the unsustainable factory farm system and the dangers associated with fracking that threaten our most essential resources. He previously worked as a labor organizer for SEIU in Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia. Jorge has an M.A. in communications from the University of Florida. Jorge can be reached at jaguilar(at)fwwatch.org.