Victoria Pacheco currently works as a Labor Representative for JNESO. Shw also worked as a Staff Associate at Rutgers AAUP-AFT, the faculty union at Rutgers University. Prior to that, she worked for many years at the Directors Guild of America and before that with SAG-AFTRA. She was also a part owner and managing editor of JCDowntown Magazine. In an earlier lifetime she interned for Congressman Frank Pallone. She graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and a Master’s Degree in Labor and Employment Relations from Rutgers University. She was also a former council person for the Borough of Keyport for 6 years serving as Council President and is the Treasurer for the Monmouth County Democrats. She still lives in Keyport with her husband, daughter, two dogs and cat.