PERSON: Manuel Abarca IV

Fair Contracting Alliance-Kansas City

Executive Director

Manuel “Manny” Abarca IV prides himself on his working-class upbringing, as the son to a 30-year Union Teamster father and dedicated, loving mother of three who worked her whole life setting an example of perseverance and the value of education. He has spent his entire life in the Kansas City Metropolitan area and has made his home with his wife, Alexis, and daughter, Camila, in the Historic Northeast.

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