Michelle Mayorga, a Partner at GBAO, is a leading expert in Latino public opinion, and has spent two decades in progressive politics -- recruiting, managing, and training candidates and organizers at all levels. Her clients have included Democratic candidates around the country, such as Senator Ben Ray Luján (NM), Reps. Colin Allred (TX-32), Andrea Salinas (OR-6), and Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-3) as well as Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall. She has also worked with advocacy and nonprofit groups like Equis Research, Progressive Caucus PAC, Sierra Club, and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus' BOLD PAC.

Michelle routinely moderates Hispanic focus groups on issues ranging from reproductive rights to crime and policing for candidates and organizations in Florida, California, Washington, Montana, Texas, Oregon, Oklahoma, and throughout the Southwest. Through her work with Equis Research, the largest Latino political research project of the 2020 and 2022 cycles, Michelle studied the gender divide within the Latino electorate. Michelle’s experience conducting research in communities of color has helped elect Rep. Veronica Escobar (TX-16), Rep. Pramila Jayapal (WA-7), every justice on the New Mexico Supreme Court, seven judges on the New Mexico Court of Appeals, and leaders in Native American communities. She has also worked on successful independent expenditure campaigns supporting Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Gov. Jared Polis, Rep. Maxwell Frost, and, through her work with the Democratic Association of Secretaries of States, the Secretaries of State for Arizona and Nevada.

Prior to joining GBAO, Michelle worked on the ground organizing voters around the country. She served as the National Field Director of Planned Parenthood, and had national field organizing roles at the AFL-CIO, DCCC, The Democratic Party of New Mexico, and the DNC. She was also appointed to the USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service under Secretary Tom Vilsack in the Obama Administration. And she began her career as a speechwriter for the City of New York's Department of Youth and Community Development under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, where she produced speeches in both English and Spanish.

Michelle earned her BA from Yale University, with a double major in American studies and ethnicity, race, and migration. In 2016, the American Association of Political Consultants recognized Michelle with their 40 under 40 award. Her family hails from Nicaragua and she grew up in South Florida. She now lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.