Position Title
Director of Advancement & Development at CRLA Foundation
Alegría De La Cruz has spent her career in public interest and public
service. She is currently the Director of Advancement & Development at
the CRLA Foundation.
Prior to that, Alegría served in key leadership roles at the Dolores
Huerta Foundation & Dolores Huerta Action Fund, the Disability Rights
Legal Center, and with Sonoma County, where the Board of Supervisors
appointed Alegría as the founding Director of the Sonoma County Office
of Equity. Alegría also served under Governor Jerry Brown as a lead
prosecutor at the Agricultural Labor Relations Board and enforced
farmworker labor rights. She began her career as a community lawyer at
California Rural Legal Assistance and worked on behalf of farmworkers
and farmworker communities on wage and hour issues, sexual harassment,
pesticide and air quality regulation and enforcement, and
environmental justice issues prevalent throughout rural, working
class, and immigrant communities of color. Alegría holds a Bachelor of
Arts in History from Yale University and a Juris Doctor from the
University of California Berkeley School of Law. Alegría identifies
as Chicana and recognizes, embraces, and celebrates her responsibility
to contribute meaningfully to public service, social justice, and
equity.