BERNIE SENIOR ADVISOR CHUCK ROCHA TALKS WHAT HAPPENED IN BERNIE 2020 AND ABOUT HIS BOOK TIO BERNIE

Chuck Rocha is an American political consultant, Democratic Party strategist, and president of Solidarity Strategies.In April 2020, the former Bernie Sanders 2020 campaign advisor founded the partisan Super PAC Nuestro PAC to turn out Latinos in the 2020 General Election and co-founded the pro-Biden Super PAC "America's Promise."

Chuck began his political career in the woods of East Texas at United Rubber workers Local 746. By 22, he had become the youngest officer of the 1,200 person local. At 29, he was hired to be the youngest, first person of color and last rank-and-file National Political director of the United Steelworkers of America. He is credited for building out one of the top national labor political departments in the country.

In 2010, Chuck left the USW to create Solidarity Strategies, a full-service nonprofit and political consulting firm. Solidarity was built on the idea of diversity, inclusion and mentorship opportunities for the next generation of minority professionals. In 10 years, Solidarity has employed over 60 young people of color and has become one of the most successful minority-owned political consulting firms in the nation.

Chuck has worked on several presidential, Congressional and gubernatorial races through the years, including both of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaigns. He is the first Latino to run a presidential campaign and has accomplished all of this despite never attending college, having a criminal record and being a single father at 20 years old.

Chuck often says his biggest accomplishments are his twin grandsons, Wyatt and Rowan.