Daisy Hernández
Award winning author, Hernandez crosses the barriers between race, gender, and media representation. Her bold insight emphasizes current disparities in today’s culture.
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Richard Rodriguez
An award–winning, thought provoking writer, hailed in The Washington Post as “one of the most eloquent and probing public intellectuals in America”.
Video: Richard Rodriguez at the Library of Congress
Carolina De Robertis
Internationally bestselling author and activist. Her novels of family in historical South America blend with her decades’ work with women’s rights organizations.
Andres Oppenheimer
Pulitzer Prize winning Latin American journalist, and international authority on the growing dominance of Latin America in the global economy.
Diana Yanez
Yanez tackles issues of race and sexuality using comedy. From writing to filmmaking, her talents breakthrough one-dimensional stereotypes.
Enrique Morones
Internationally acclaimed activist and advocate for immigrants, founder of Border Angels, he brings to the forefront stories of those often forgotten in this fight for social justice.