Puerto Rican Heritage Speakers

Golden Globe Award-Winning Actress & Singer Known for "Pose"; HIV Awareness Advocate

Golden Globe Award-Winning Actress, Producer, Director & Humanitarian

LGBTQ Activist & Actor; Known for “My So Called Life,” “13 Reasons Why” & “Star Trek: Discovery”

Transgender Activist, Community Organizer & Actor

Visual Artist, Painter & TikTok Influencer

Olympic Gold Medalist, NY Times Bestselling Author, Actress

Pegasus Professor of History at the University of Central Florida, Award-Winning Scholar in the Fields of Cuban and Caribbean Studies & Author of "When the World Turned Upside Down"

Former Catcher for the Texas Rangers; National Baseball Hall of Famer, World Series Champion & 14-Time MLB All-Star

Actress, Choreographer, Activist & Former Co-Host of "The View"

Former Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican-American TV Host, Winner of America's Next Top Model Cycle 8 & Founder of "On Set with Jaslene"

Actor, Best Known for Films "The List" & "Prey for the Devil" and Television Series "13 Reasons Why"

Professor of Sociology at Duke University & Author of "Racism without Racists"

Grammy Award-Winning Latin Trap & Reggaeton Singer-Songwriter & Actor; Owner of La Industria Bakery

Known as "the Greatest Living Guitarist" & Recognized for the Best-Selling Christmas Single "Feliz Navidad"

Investigative Journalist, Author, Educator

Tony-Nominated Actress Known for "One Day at a Time," "Pulse" & "Real Women Have Curves"

TV Personality, Chef & Cookbook Author

Rapper, Singer-Songwriter & Entrepreneur; Part of XXL's Freshmen Class; Known for Autobiographical Lyrics of Poverty, Prison & Depression

NASA Chief Astronaut; First Person of Puerto Rican Heritage Named as a NASA Astronaut Candidate