KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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

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

Sociologist, Best-Selling Author, Comedian

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

Latina Founder & Executive Director of L.O.V.E. Mentoring; Social Entrepreneur & Changemaker

Body Positivity Speaker; Author of "Be Beautiful, Be You" & "Dare to Be Kind"; Once Labeled "The World's Ugliest Woman"

Scholar & Social Justice Advocate; Founding Director of the Penn Program on Race, Science, and Society

Lasry Family Professor of Race Relations, Director of Center for Africana Studies, Host of PBS's "History Detectives"

Educational Equity Proponent & Dean of the USC Rossier School of Education

Education Activist, Author, School Designer & Co-Founder of Homies Empowerment

Director of the Center for Research on Child Wellbeing; William Church Osborn Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University; PI, Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study

Economist, Author & Political Commentator; President Emerita of Bennett College for Women

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

Pegasus Professor of History at the University of Central Florida, Award-Winning Scholar in the Fields of Cuban and Caribbean Studies & Author

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

Pollster, Author, Political Analyst

Award-Winning News & Investigative Journalist; Host & Executive Producer of NPR's "Latino USA"

Biotech Entrepreneur; Bestselling Author; CEO of Socratic Sciences; Founding Co-Director of Precision Wellness Center at Mt. Sinai Medical School

Emmy-nominated Journalist, CEO of Voto Latino, Latinx Advocate

Motivational Speaker and Trainer on Professional Development, Workplace Wellness, Mental Health Awareness, Leadership, Improving Education, Youth Development & Family Enrichment; College & University Speaker, known as “Mr. I’m Possible.”