Salvador González

Salvador González es un organizador comunitario, promotor de cooperativas y emprendedor originario del barrio West Colfax de Denver. Con muchos años de experiencia en organizaciones sin fines de lucro, empresas sociales y campañas de justicia social, promueve la justicia alimentaria, el acceso a los alimentos y la soberanía alimentaria.

He is a small business owner and launched Villa Novus Orchard, co-founder and board member of Food Justice NW Aurora, co-founder of Project Protect Food System Workers, and board member of the Colorado Solidarity Fund. He has earned a BA & MA in political science from the University of Colorado and an MBA with Colorado State University.

As an activist scholar, Salvador is devoted to learning about the co-op model and its application to community issues. He sees the co-op model as a means of building an equitable economy that encompasses workers, community, and the environment. A 2024 Cooperative Leaders & Scholars fellow with the Cooperative Development Foundation, NextEconomy MBA with LiftEconomy, Art & Science of Cooperative Development with Co-opWorks!, and Permaculture Design with the Regenerative Education Collective of Denver.