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Victor Yengle

Graduate Student

Victor Yengle (he/him) is a graduate student in the Sociology Department at the University of Virginia (UVA). Before pursuing graduate education, he worked for the Fair Food Standards Council (FFSC) for several years overseeing the implementation of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ (CIW) Fair Food Program. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Florida in economics and political science and a master's degree from Cornell ILR with a concentration on collective representation. He grew up in Florida and became involved in community organizing as an undocumented youth. At UVA, he is focusing his research on the political economy of migration and social movements.