Ernesto Apreza

“It has been the honor of a lifetime to serve the American people in different roles at the White House, and I am forever grateful to President Biden and Vice President Harris for the opportunity,” says Ernesto “Ernie” Apreza, press secretary to the vice president.

“It is a privilege to serve a lifelong champion of fundamental freedoms in my current role. Kamala Harris has spent her entire career working to advance civil rights, including for LGBTQI+ people, and as that work continues, I feel lucky to be doing my part and doing so while showing up as my full self every day.”

The Mexican-American gay man previously held a role as senior advisor for public engagement at the White House, and he served on the Biden-Harris transition team and worked in several communications roles in campaigns and the private sector.“As someone who was raised in a small town and is the son of immigrant parents,” he says, “I could never have imagined having the role I have today — as the vice president says often: ‘Only in America.’”