KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Motivational Speaker; Author of "Lizzie Beautiful" & "Be Beautiful, Be You;" Once Labeled "The World's Ugliest Woman"

President & CEO of the Opportunity Institute, Former U.S. Presidential Advisor to Bill Clinton, Co-Founder of Nueva Vista Group

Co-Founder of the United Farm Workers of America; First Latina Inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame; Two-Time U.S. Presidential Award Recipient

Latina Tech Venture Capitalist; Sales Expert; GP at Ganas Ventures; Advocate for Diversity in Tech

Former Treasurer of the United States, Partner at The Cabral Group & Jesse Ball duPont Fund Trustee

Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker; Bestselling Author of Historical & Transcultural Novels and Memoirs

Leadership Development & Empowerment Speaker; Customer Experience Expert; Founder & President of the Latina Leadership Collective; Author of Bilingual Children's Books

Poet, Educator & Best-Selling Author

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate

Feminist, Social Activist, Professor & Writer

Poet, Community Activist, Journalist, Media Personality & Politician

Presidential Professor at CUNY Graduate Center, BET News Correspondent, Human Rights Activist & Author

Education Advocate, Author & Strategist; Speaker on Innovation, Teaching, Learning, and Education Policy

Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author & Journalist; Author of "Enrique’s Journey"

Educationalist, Author, Eminent Scholar & Former Executive Director of the Center for Urban Educational Excellence at Florida International University

Aerospace Engineer & Former NASA Rocket Scientist

Best-Selling Author, Higher Education Leadership & Race Relations Expert, President Emerita of Spelman College

Transgender Activist, Actor & TED Resident

Professor of Education, Founder of the Center for the Transformation of Schools UCLA

Expert on Race Relations; Host, "PBS History Detectives"; Professor of Race Relations at the University of Pennsylvania,