our mission
At Latina Advocates, our mission is to champion equitable policy solutions and amplify the voices of historically underserved communities across California. Rooted in decades of hands-on advocacy, we leverage government relations, coalition building, and strategic communications to create pathways for systemic change across the state.
OUR STORY
Latina Advocates was born from lived experience and built for impact. Our firm is led by Carol Gonzalez, a strategist, organizer, and advocate who has spent nearly a decade moving policy and campaigns across the private sector, political organizations, and nonprofits. Her work sits at the intersection of grassroots power and institutional change, where community voices are translated into real policy outcomes.
Carol leads with the clarity that comes from experience. She understands the systems because she has navigated them, challenged them, and worked to change them from the inside. Her commitment to advancing policies that uplift low-income, immigrant, BIPOC, and LGBTQIA+ communities is personal and uncompromising.
Latina Advocates is proudly women-led and unapologetically values-driven. We don’t believe in performative advocacy or watered-down equity. We believe in strategy, accountability, and results. Our work is bold, disciplined, and centered around the communities most impacted—because power is built when people are seen, heard, and backed with real action.