Mayte Aldrett

Mayte is an accomplished organizer and experienced trainer. At Empower Project, she recruits new partners to implement successful relational organizing programs, nurtures partnerships, and offers personalized assistance to organizations. She earned her Bachelors in Environmental Studies from Carleton College where she focused on Environmental Justice. Then, she worked at an immigrant workers’ center as an Economic Justice Organizer in East Chicago where she trained women leaders on workers’ rights, the possibilities under a solidarity economy, and how to become a worker-owner within a workers cooperative. Mayte is skilled in delivering training to diverse audiences and is an expert on the Empower App. When she’s not working, she enjoys spending time with her very large family, and learning more about her Salvadorean roots in the kitchen and through story sharing.