Alex Caputo-Pearl was a teacher in South Los Angeles for 22 years before being elected United Teachers Los Angeles President (2014-2020) and UTLA NEA VP (2020-2023).  He then returned to the rank-and-file to work as a UTLA member with the Los Angeles Unified School District Community Schools Initiative. He is an elected member of the UTLA North Area Steering Committee and serves on the Bargaining Team. Alex is a Labor Movement Fellow with the UCLA Labor Studies program.