That included combating COVID-19 and distributing aid from the $1.9 trillion in Biden’s coronavirus relief plan. territories, with their federal government needs. In her White House job over the past two years, Rodriguez and her staff helped state, local and tribal governments, and Puerto Rico and the other U.S. On Tuesday, Biden announced that Rodriguez will be chair his reelection campaign. In her second tour serving a Democratic president, she's served as director of intergovernmental affairs for Joe Biden, and she was made a senior adviser last June. White House staffers are often of a type, hard-charging strivers who crave their own sliver of the limelight or even trade on a famous name. “I said, ‘Julie, you have to be up there with your family,’” said Jarrett, who was Rodriguez’s boss in the White House Office of Public Engagement.
Only when Obama's senior adviser, Valerie Jarrett, insisted did Rodriguez reluctantly step forward, barely making it into the frame. As a member of Obama's staff, she had traveled with the official party to the event, but she did not want to call attention to herself. Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Chavez's granddaughter, hung back. WASHINGTON – When President Barack Obama flew to California to dedicate a national monument to Latino labor leader Cesar Chavez, a group of the activist's relatives were invited to pose for photos with the president.
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