Winter served as the National Director of Policy and Legislation of the League of United Latin Americans (LULAC) in Washington, D.C. – the first and largest U.S. Latinx/Hispanic civil rights advocacy organization with 130,000 grassroots members, 1,000 councils across 48 states and Puerto Rico, and a voice of 65 million Latinxs/Hispanics – 20% of the population, $3 Trillion of the U.S. GDP – and growing.
Upon President Joe Biden’s inauguration, Snitz-Meza deployed to the Rio Grande Valley, Texas-Mexico border as part of a U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) senior Federal subcontractor, working closely with the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), FEMA, and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to safely re-locate, rehabilitate, and unify Unaccompanied Children (UCs) – the infamous “kids in cages” – with responsible families, caregivers, and sponsors this side of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic, Winter served as the executive right-hand at largest municipal human rights agency in the nation: the Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations, one of the first in the nation established in the aftermath of the Zoot Suit Riots. Where he steered the County CEO in establishing an inaugural and national model Office of Equity, and Anti Racist Diversity Initiative in the thick of Black Lives Matter (BLM) demonstrations. Addedly tracking hate crimes data, contributing to the publication of the county’s official annual hate crimes report, and launching countywide anti hate campaigns.
He was an Aide to former Obama U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis (the first Latina Cabinet Member) turned Chairwoman of the largest county by population: LA County, 10 million people. Where he advanced the former Secretary’s Economic & Workforce Development, Public Works, and Regional Planning portfolios. In addition to serving as LGBTQIA+ community engagement liaison.
Prior to California, Winter served in the Arizona House of Representatives as a Legislative Aide to Hispanic ranking members during the state’s adoption of the historic ACA. As right-hand to the superintendent of an inner-city Title I district – 90% Latinx/Hispanic, 90% at or below the Federal poverty level – encompassing 11 schools, where he, too, once attended. In addition to government and public administration civil service, he is political campaign strategist and community organizer.
Winter is a Latinx/Hispanic and LGBTQIA+ intersectional advocate, first-generation naturalized Mexican-American citizen, and former DREAMer. He is Co-Chair of Worldpride Washington, D.C. 2025 / Capital Pride Alliance government relations, and volunteers with the Latinx History Project.
Winter is an alumnus of Gonzaga University (Spokane, Washington), where he studied International Relations and Spanish. His thesis is, “Corruption and Cartel Violence in Northern Mexico: The Potential for State Failure in Chihuahua.” He specialized in Spanish and English translation at the Universidad de Granada (Granada, Spain), and is recognized by the Spanish Government (Ministry of Education & Sciences), the Cervantes Institute, and European Union for mastery of Spanish.
