Gisele Barreto Fetterman (née Almeida;[nt 1] born February 27, 1982[1]) is a Brazilian-born American activist and nonprofit executive.
[2][3] When she was seven years old, she came to the United States as an undocumented immigrant with her mother and younger brother, taking up residence in a one-room apartment in New York City.
[2] Her mother, who has a PhD degree from a Brazilian university and had worked as a nutritionist and educator, took jobs cleaning hotels and houses, and was often denied pay due to her status as an undocumented immigrant.
[4] Fetterman founded For Good PGH in 2017, a non-profit that advocates for diversity and inclusion, which brought the Free Store 15104 under its brand in 2019.
[4] She spoke in favor of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and criticized U.S. President Donald Trump for attempting to end the program.
[22] In 2019, Fetterman and her husband opened the pool at the lieutenant governor's mansion, located on Fort Indiantown Gap, to children who would not normally have access to one.
Fetterman, whose family has chosen not to live at the official residence, runs a program teaching water safety at the pool.
[26] In February 2020 Fetterman criticized the company Amazon for selling an anti-immigration bumper sticker with the text "Fuck Off, We're Full" written on the shape of the continental United States.
[28] On March 6, 2020, Fetterman was a speaker at the Your Hour Her Power luncheon at the Westmoreland Club, held in honor of International Women's Day.
[34] In 2007, Gisele met John Fetterman, then the mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, after writing him a letter inquiring about the town's role in the steel industry.