Vanessa Michel

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Vanessa Michel

Director of Communications
ACLU of Colorado

Vanessa Michel is the Director of Communications for the ACLU of Colorado. In that role, she has contributed to immigrants’ rights efforts, including managing the production of the investigative report Cashing in on Cruelty and consulting on the short documentary film The Facility. Vanessa grew up in El Paso, Texas, and is the daughter and granddaughter of immigrant farmworkers. She currently serves on the Women's March Denver board of directors and lives in Denver, Colorado.


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