Board of Directors

Linda Morales is a fierce advocate for Latinos, women, LGBTQIA+, and worker rights.  

Morales’s extensive professional experience includes work in healthcare, state government, and labor organizing. This includes serving as a Legislative Assistant to members of the Texas Senate and House of Representatives; Television Specialist on the Marketing Team for the Texas Health Report with Dr. “Red” Duke, an internationally syndicated health information commentator; Producer of MIDDAY, a health program for Texas Medical Center community and Editor of What Goes On, a newsletter for healthcare professionals in the Texas Medical Center. 

Morales has worked for the AFL-CIO, Sheet Metal Workers International Union, SEIU Local 1, California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, and now works with the Texas Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation (TGCALF), where she is responsible for worker advocacy in 13 Houston-area counties, with local union affiliates to improve workforce safety standards, wages, training opportunities, and empower workers on the job. 

Morales currently serves as President of the Gulf Coast Chapter of the Labor Council for Latin Advancement (LCLAA), which works on civic engagement and civil rights, and has served in numerous leadership roles, including the aiding victims of domestic violence at the Rose/la Rosa Center; supporting efforts to end the HIV epidemic at the AIDS Equity League; and, most recently, serving the Harris Health System as Board Trustee. 

Morales has been recognized widely for her work to grow power for working families and advocacy for social and economic justice in our community, including receiving the ‘Si Se Puede’ Award at the Harris County Democratic Party Johnson-Rayburn-Richards Annual Dinner and the A. Philip Randolph Living Legend Award. 

Originally from Uvalde, TX, Morales has made Houston her home since 1977 and is married to Esther Martinez.