Amy Salazar

Amy Salazar was born and raised in Little Village, a vibrant Latine community in Chicago’s Cook County. Amy earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a minor in Communications from the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she developed an interest in how storytelling and media can help strengthen advocacy efforts.

Amy has worked with nonprofit organizations and internships where she combined her academic background with hands-on experience in marketing and outreach to create engaging content and coordinate community events. Amy is bilingual and fluent in both English and Spanish.

Amy joined the Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project-FLAP- in 2024 as a Bilingual Communications Assistant and was promoted to Bilingual Senior Communications Assistant in 2025 and Bilingual Lead of Communications and Marketing in 2026, in charge of strengthen FLAP’s communications and marketing strategy. In this role, Amy develops digital and print materials, manages social media content, supports online fundraising and advocacy campaigns, and help coordinate messaging that highlights FLAP’s impact and resources for low-wage workers in the food supply chain, greenhouse, landscaping, nursery and snow removal industries.

Amy’s commitment to this work is rooted in her family’s experiences. As the daughter of Latine immigrant parents who worked in construction and other low-wage industries, she grew up witnessing the challenges in demanding and often unsafe working conditions. This personal connection inspires her commitment to use communications as a tool to amplify the voices of low-wage workers and communities that FLAP serves.

As part of her leadership at the organization, Amy supervises Intern through The CAFE Group’s LEAD Summer Program providing mentorship and guidance on nonprofit communications while supporting the intern’s professional growth.