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Rosalinda Guillen
James Beard Award winner
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i. Biography
Rosalinda Guillen’s work at Community to Community Development (C2C) sits inside labor, organizing, and the agricultural systems that depend on both. The 2020 James Beard Foundation Leadership Award places her among leaders recognized for shaping food-adjacent work at the level of communities, dignity, and justice, not just institutions.
Coming Up
Farm labor in Fields in Skagit County, Washington gave Rosalinda Guillen direct experience of the work at the base of the agricultural chain. The pace was physical, seasonal, and tied to the demands of the field, where livelihood and labor are measured in the same days. That foundation later carried into the labor movement with Cesar Chavez's United Farm Workers of America, where the work shifted from harvesting to organizing and collective action. Rosalinda Guillen’s path gave her firsthand knowledge of the field and then a role in the movement built around it, leading to her current work as Executive Director of Community to Community Development (C2C), where worker-centered change is informed by both lived experience and long practice.
Where They Are Now
Executive Director of Community to Community Development (C2C) is the current role Rosalinda Guillen holds. The position brings together community leadership and labor justice, with Fields in Skagit County, Washington and Cesar Chavez's United Farm Workers of America as the practical and political ground beneath it. The role is present-tense; the larger arc is one of moving from farmworker to organizer to executive leadership without losing contact with the people and places that shaped the work.
Honors
The James Beard Foundation Leadership Award is the recognition attached to Rosalinda Guillen. In 2020, the award marked the reach of her leadership and the weight of her contributions across community and labor work. The honor points to a body of work built over time, with its impact felt in the movements and communities her leadership has helped shape.
Profile updated July 2026
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What is Rosalinda Guillen's current role?
As of 2026, Rosalinda Guillen is Executive Director.
Where did Rosalinda Guillen work before?
Rosalinda Guillen's earlier career included Fields in Skagit County and United Farm Workers of America.
What recognition has Rosalinda Guillen received?
James Beard Foundation Leadership Award (2020).
