Career
He is a former director and president of the Latin American Union for Civil Rights (LAUCR) in Milwaukee, and helped organize the protests which led to the Spanish Speaking Outreach Institute at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. Chacon has worked for the National Association of Government Employees and as a labor consultant in San Antonio, Texas. He also served on the Committee of the United Farm Workers of America in California, worked as a consultant with National Council of Louisiana Raza in Washington, District of Columbia, and co-founded Milwaukee"s Mexican Fiesta in 1977.
He is employed by the Milwaukee Office of Governor Jim Doyle of Wisconsin.