Amalia NietoGomez is the executive director/lead organizer for the Alliance of the SouthEast (ASE). She co-organizes the Coalition for a South Works CBA, a diverse &broad-based Coalition of 35+ organizational members on Chicago’s southeast side, working to ensure local residents have a voice and that developments benefit local residents, e.g. access to jobs/training, affordable housing, and environmental justice.

ASE is a multicultural, multigenerational, interfaith coalition of churches, schools, youth, businesses, and community organizations, all working together to address the challenges facing the neighborhoods of Southeast Chicago.

Amalia has organized around tenants rights, neighborhood safety, asthma, predatory lending, immigrant rights, and education.