Domesticas Unidas

Araceli Herrera took bus route 97 in San Antonio, TX for several years to and from her job until VIA Metropolitan Transit suspended it in 2003.

She was an undocumented domestic worker that relied on this route to work and so did many others. Herrera organized, protested and met with VIA Metropolitan Transit officials to keep the route and won. She realized the strength of organizing and created Domesticas Unidas in 2001.

The community that she created impacts many undocumented workers in San Antonio, and she still strives to create more safe spaces. Herrera’s main goal is to work with National Domestic Workers Alliance to give undocumented workers the right to accessible health care.