Cynthia Campos grew up in a bi-lingual/bi-cultural community on the west side of San Antonio, Texas.  Prior to relocating to Minnesota, Cynthia worked in New York City for the Professional Staff Congress (PSC) a public university staff union of 19,000 members.  As the Coordinator of Contract Administration, Cynthia represented university professors and staff in disciplinary proceedings, including sexual harassment and workplace violence investigations. In her work at the PSC and in her previous work as a union organizer with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Cynthia designed and conducted contract education workshops with elected chapter leaders and rank-and-file members. 

As a union organizer for SEIU, Cynthia devised and implemented organizing strategies for health care workers in their effort to win National Labor Relations Board union elections. While organizing nurses in Miami, Florida, Cynthia identified and developed workplace leaders and mobilized rank-and-file workers. In an effort to expand community support for unionized nurses, Cynthia also conducted outreach with political, religious and community leaders around issues of concern to nurses such as improved nurse-to-patient ratios and workplace health and safety standards.

A graduate of Carleton College and the Law School at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, Cynthia's legal training is in immigration, housing and public benefits law.  As the former manager for the Movement Building Project at Wellstone Action, Cynthia has worked with partner organizations ranging from Democracia U.S.A., Latina Leadership Academia and Amnesty International, U.S.A.  Cynthia currently works for the Services Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 26, a Building Services union in Minneapolis, MN.