ABOUT VIDAL LORDMENDEZ

​Vidal Lordmendez is a former agricultural worker who arrived on a work visa for years to a local farm. He is intimately familiar with the challenges faced by migrant farmworkers in NC. Vidal is the H2A Migrant Consultant to Yesenia Cuello, and a NC state certified Community Health Worker. Vidal manages coordinated team responses in migrant labor camps, and performs outreach and education for Polaris Nonechka, National Center for Farmworker Health, among others. He visits hundreds of farmworkers annually to perform health assessments, deliver education, address food scarcity in labor camps, and advocate. He is a passionate leader and voice for the environmental and labor injustices faced by thousands of workers who arrive in eastern NC to work in agriculture.