KATHY CHAVEZ
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
Kathy Chavez is president of the Albuquerque Federation of Classified Professionals (AFCP), formerly Albuquerque Educational Assistants Association (AEAA), and executive vice president of AFT New Mexico.
Chavez began her career as a bus driver. From 1979 to 1981, she worked with medically fragile children at Casa Angelica. From 1981 to 1997, she worked helping children with severe cognitive and physical disabilities as an educational assistant in Albuquerque's Mark Twain Elementary School. While at Mark Twain, Chavez joined the Albuquerque Educational Assistants Association and served as a building representative for the union.
Chavez became AFT New Mexico's vice president for paraprofessionals and school-related personnel (PSRP) in 1990 and in 1995, she became executive vice president for AEAA. In 1998, she was elected AEAA's president.
In 1995, Chavez was elected executive vice president of AFT New Mexico. She has served as an AFT vice president since 2004.