Farmworker Coordinating Council of palm beach county, inc.
Deputy Director - Annie Lois Monroe
I have an intimate connection to the farmworkers and seasonal workers of Belle Glade since my family has been doing farm work for generations. Therefore, I come to the Farmworker Coordinating Council of Palm Beach County, Inc. (FWCC) with direct and personal experience. It is literally in my blood.
My grandparents, parents, and greater ancestry and kin have planted and harvested almost every crop in Belle Glade, what we call the “muck”. The crops we harvested were: beans, bell peppers, cabbage, corn, cotton, cucumbers, lettuce, oranges, radishes, sugarcane, and watermelons. As farm work is seasonal, in this area lasting from September to May, we would migrate out to other parts in the state, and even journey as far as Delaware and Georgia in order to pick.
After graduating from high school, I also worked for several years doing farm work. During that time, I harvested a multitude of crops before being afforded an opportunity to further my education. In my academic pursuits, I chose to study healthcare and after several months, I was working as a certified nursing assistant.
Yet, I wanted to further my education even more. So, I returned to college and obtained a bachelor’s degree in organizational management.
Eventually, I was hired by FWCC where I have worked for more than 24 years.
As the Deputy Director of this agency, I am happy to state it has become my job to oversee services and strategies that promote the wellbeing of all farm workers and their families. Thus, my ties to the land are great and have tremendous meaning to me and my family. Thus, it is so rewarding to help struggling families become economically self-sufficient and help them realize their goals of better lives.
Lynda McReynolds joined the FWCC team in October 2024, driven by the belief that true service is rooted in love and compassion. With over seven years of experience directing an educational program at a Florida nonprofit, she brings a strong background in communication, leadership, and community empowerment.
A Social Communicator and Journalist, Lynda supports the agency through grant writing, reporting, and strengthening the website and marketing strategies, using her experience to amplify impact and connection.
Her passion for growth has led her to pursue numerous certifications and learn from renowned mentors in leadership, marketing, and human development, cultivating a broad, holistic perspective that makes her a thoughtful and effective leader.
In 2023, she published Simple English: A Matter of Method, Not Time, a language-learning guide rooted in her own journey as an adult learner. She is currently pursuing a Masters degree in human Wisdom with an Emphasis on Excellence at Quinyalá and is also a Florida-certified Spanish K–12 teacher.
For Lynda, leadership begins with self-awareness and expands through service—helping others unlock their potential and move forward with confidence.
Linstroth also considers himself an expert in conflict resolution and peace studies and taught at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) with Department of Conflict Analysis and Resolution (DCAR). In 2017, he received a U.S. Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award from the Whitehouse for his community work and peace work.
In addition to serving as Executive Director, he also teaches as an Adjunct Professor at Palm Beach State College (PBSC). Linstroth’s other books include: Marching Against Gender Practice: Political Imaginings in the Basqueland (non-fiction, 2015, Lexington Books); The Forgotten Shore (Poetry, 2017, Poetic Matrix Press); Epochal Reckonings (Poetry, 2020, Proverse Publishers), Winner of the Proverse Prize; and Swimming in Blue Shadows: A Collection of Short Stories and Poems (Mixed-Genre, fiction and poetry, 2022, Proverse Publishers), Winner of Supplemental Prize.
Further, he was a co-recipient of an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Grant to study immigrant populations in South Florida. His main academic interests are: cognition, ethnonationalism, gender, genocide, history, immigrant advocacy, indigeneity, indigenous rights, memory, minority rights, peace, peacebuilding, poverty, racism, social justice, terrorism, and trauma.
Furthermore, aside from being a Native English speaker, he is likewise fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. Also, he speaks some Basque, French, and Italian.
In sum, Dr. Linstroth hopes to bring the Farmworker Coordinating Council of Palm Beach County, Inc. (FWCC) into the future as a better non-profit agency in order to help economically challenged families become self-sufficient and to improve the quality of life for migrant and seasonal farmworkers through advocacy and education, as well as to aid other underprivileged individuals, likewise by providing access to social services.
In doing so, the Farmworker Coordinating Council of Palm Beach County (FWCC) will build a better community by aiding those challenged by adversities from discrimination and hardships from poverty and thereby allowing such marginalized people to live better lives with dignity and respect. As such, FWCC will continue to be a beacon of hope, not only in Palm Beach County, but for an improved world, even in times of adversity.
Executive Director - Dr. J. P. Linstroth
Dr. J. P. Linstroth is our Executive Director who is passionate about social justice and has written extensively about immigrant issues, inclusive of Guatemalan-Mayan, Haitian, and Cuban immigrants living in Palm Beach County.
Over the years, Dr. Linstroth has also written against racism as well. His latest book is: Politics and Racism Beyond Nations: A Multidsiciplinary Approach to Crises (Palgrave, 2022). He believes everyone deserves to live with dignity and respect.
Dr. Linstroth also has extensive experience working with minorities and those living in extreme poverty and those fighting for their rights. Linstroth considers himself to be an applied and engaged anthropologist and a public intellectual. He had a Fulbright Scholar Award to study impoverished Brazilian urban-Amerindians living in Manaus, Brazil and to be a Visiting Professor at the Universidade Federal do Amazonas (UFAM).
Linstroth has a Ph.D. (D.Phil.) degree from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Moreover, he was a Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) in Oslo, Norway. Additionally, he has been an educator most of his career, teaching at the university and secondary levels but he also worked as a leader of another non-profit in the area prior to joining the Farmworker Coordinating Council of Palm Beach County, Inc. (FWCC).
Fiscal Assistant - Carlos M. Perez
A native of Cuba, Carlos M. Perez arrived in the USA in 2003 and has lived in Palm Beach County since. He attended Royal Palm Beach High School and received his Bachelor’s Degree with honors in Business Administration from Keiser University.
Mr. Perez is currently the Fiscal Assistant for The Farmworker Coordinating Council of Palm Beach County, Inc. (FWCC). He has worked at the agency since 2012 helping migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the County. Prior to his employment at FWCC, Mr. Perez was the Public Relations Coordinator at Gulfstream Goodwill Industries and Lighthouse for the Blind of the Palm Beaches.
Mr. Perez is happily married to his High School Sweetheart and together they have two children.
Associate Director - Lynda McReynolds