Jose Antonio Vargas
Keynote Speaker: Journalist, Filmmaker & Immigration Activist
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Jose Antonio Vargas Biography
Jose Antonio Vargas is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, and Tony-nominated theatrical producer. A leading voice for the human rights of immigrants, he founded the non-profit narrative change organization Define American, named one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. His best-selling memoir, Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen, was published by HarperCollins in 2018. His second book, White Is Not a Country, will be published by Knopf in 2024.
In 2019, he co-produced Heidi Schreck’s acclaimed Broadway play What the Constitution Means to Me, which was nominated for a Tony Award for "Best Play" and is streamable on Amazon Prime Video. His second Broadway production, a staging of David Byrne and Fatboy Slim's musical Here Lies Love, opened at the Broadway Theatre in July 2023.
In 2011, the New York Times Magazine published a groundbreaking essay he wrote in which he revealed and chronicled his life in America as an undocumented immigrant. A year later, he appeared on the cover of TIME worldwide with fellow undocumented immigrants as part of a follow-up cover story he wrote. He then produced and directed Documented, a documentary feature film on his undocumented experience. Broadcast on CNN and streamed on Netflix, it received a 2015 NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Documentary. Also in 2015, MTV aired White People, an Emmy-nominated television special he produced and directed on what it means to be young and white in a demographically-changing America.
In 2020, Fortune named him one of its "40 under 40" most influential people in government and politics. Among other accolades he has received are the Freedom to Write Award from PEN Center USA and honorary degrees from Emerson College, Colby College, and the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Passionate about promoting equity in education for all students, he serves on the advisory board of TheDream.US, a scholarship fund for undocumented immigrant students; and, in 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom appointed him to the Board of Trustees of California State University, the largest four-year public university system in the United States.
A product of the San Francisco Bay Area, he is a proud graduate of San Francisco State University ('04), where he was named Alumnus of the Year in 2012, and Mountain View High School ('00). An elementary school named after Vargas opened in his hometown of Mountain View, California in August 2019.
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Jose Antonio Vargas is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including College, Diversity and News & Media. The estimated speaking fee range to book Jose Antonio Vargas for live events is $20,000 - $30,000, and for virtual events $10,000 - $20,000. Jose Antonio Vargas generally travels from Los Angeles, CA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Cheech Marin, Spike Lee and Diane Guerrero. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Jose Antonio Vargas for an upcoming event.
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Jose Antonio Vargas' Nonprofit Hires Entertainment Media Director ...
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Emmy-nominated filmmaker Jose Antonio Vargas' nonprofit organization Define American has tapped Elizabeth Grizzle ...
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Jose Antonio Vargas: There's Nothing More American Than Fighting ...
Journalist and immigrant rights activist Jose Antonio Vargas was also in the Supreme Court during Monday's oral arguments in the case, United States v. Texas.
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Jose Antonio Vargas on What's at Stake for Undocumented ...
Jose Antonio Vargas discusses 'United States v. Texas,' one of the most important Supreme Court immigration cases in decades.
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Jose Antonio Vargas' New Site Aims To Tell Better Story About Race And Identity In America
On Thursday, Vargas launched a crowdfunding campaign for #EmergingUS, a video-heavy digital media outlet he believes can fill a void in covering thorny, overlapping aspects of American identity...
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Jose Antonio Vargas partners with Los Angeles Times - Feb. 17, 2015
Jose Antonio Vargas, a journalist and undocumented immigrant, is joining forces with the Los Angeles Times to create a new section devoted to race, ...
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