Wilneida Negron

Negrón says she was born in New York to a mother from the Dominican Republic and a father from Puerto Rico, who met in NY-12, and that she grew up in a working-class, immigrant, small-business-owning family.[2][4] According to her campaign website, her career began in public service in juvenile detention centers, jails, senior centers, legal aid programs, crisis counseling initiatives and community organizations in New York City; in her Ballotpedia survey she says she began as a crisis counselor and therapist.[3][4] She says she has spent about twenty years working across government, labor, technology and markets, developing regulatory frameworks used by federal agencies and serving as an external advisor to two Democratic presidential administrations.[2][3][4]

Negrón is the author of The Human Interface, a book about technology and workers, and says she created the Worker Technology Rights Framework and leads national working groups of unions, researchers, policymakers and civic leaders.[3][4] Ballotpedia lists her profession as policy director and does not list any prior elected office.[3] She says she is raising two children in District 12 public schools.[4] During the campaign, she ran on cost of living, worker protections and government accountability.[2][3][4] She received 1.2% of the vote to Micah Lasher's 77.2%, according to unofficial results reported by NBC News.[1]