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Gala Honorees & Speakers
Congressman Filemon Vela
D-TX 34th District
Freedom and Justice Award
Stacey Abrams
Founder, Fair Fight
National Justice and Freedom Award
Congressman Raul Ruiz
D-CA 36th District
National Legislative Award
AnaLuisa Tapia
LULAC Herencia Council 4297
TX District 17 Director
National Service Award
Dolores Huerta
President of the Dolores Huerta Foundation and Community Organizer
Lifetime Impact Award
Congresswoman Deb Haaland
D-NM District #1
Keynote Speaker
Kirsten Gillibrand
New York Senator
Keynote Speaker
Domingo Garcia
LULAC National President
Sindy Benavides
LULAC CEO
Arely Morales Perez
Host
Eli Vazquez
Host
Pedro Zamora
CEO of Promotores Unidos
Presidential Medal of Honor
Euler Torres
LULAC Council #3273 and CEO, Latin Entertainment Network USA
Presidential Medal of Honor
Queta Rodriguez
Retired Captain, U.S. Marine Corps
Presidential Medal of Honor
Carrie Ricci
Associate General Counsel of the Marketing, Regulatory and Food Safety Programs U.S. Department of Agriculture
Presidential Medal of Honor
The Texicana Mamas
Latina Singer-Songwriters
Helen Ochoa
Regional Mexican Singer-Songwriter
Corey Anthony
Senior Vice President – Chief Diversity and Development Officer, AT&T Services, Inc
Laura Berrocal
Vice President of Policy and External Affairs, Charter Communications
Jackie Puente
Executive Director for External Affairs, Comcast Corporation
State of Latino Summit Speakers & Panelists
Steven Almazan
K12 Education Program Analyst, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Felipe Benítez
Executive Director, Corazón Latino
Laura Berrocal
Vice President of Policy and External Affairs, Charter Communications
José T. Bravo
Executive Director, Just Transition Alliance
Vanessa Cardenas
LULAC Senior Advisor
Candelario Cervantez
National Senior Managing Director, Teach For America
David Cruz
LULAC Communications Director
Joanna Diaz Soffer
Senior Manager of Government & External Affairs, T-Mobile
Claudia Flores
Immigration Campaign Manager, CAP
Dr. Rodolfo Galindo
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Emory University
Darcy Gallego
Legislative Associate, Immigration Hub
Mariaelena Hincapié
Executive Director, National Immigration Law Center
David Hinojosa
Director of Educational Opportunities Project, Lawyers
Jessica Gonzalez
Co-CEO, Free Press
Melissa Lazarín
Senior Advisor for K-12 Policy, Migration Policy Institute
Jamie Margolin
Founder, Zero Hour
Alejandro Mayorkas
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security
Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith
Chair of the Biden-Harris COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force
Cintia Ortiz
Environmental Justice Fellow, LULAC
Aracely Panameño
Director of Latino Affairs, Center for Responsible Lending
Dr. Melissa L. Pluguez-Moldavskiy
DNP, FNP-BC, AGACNP-BC, National Association of Hispanic Nurses
Jackie Puente
Executive Director for External Affairs, Comcast Corporation
Alejandro Roark
Executive Director, Hispanic Technology & Telecommunications Partnership (HTTP)
Teresa Romero
Executive Director, United Farm Workers
Jessica Rosenworcel
Acting Chairwoman, Federal Communications Committee
Monica Sarmiento
Executive Director, VA Immigrant Rights Coalition
Dr. Ilan Shapiro
Co-Chair of Southern CA chapter, National Hispanic Medical Association
Esther Sosa
Project Manager, Environmental Defense Fund
Ritchie Torres
U.S. Congressman, NY-15
Emerge Latino Conference Speakers
Jesús “Chuy” García
U.S. Congressman for Illinois 4th District
Alex Padilla
U.S. Senator for California
Lorena McElwain
Former Assistant Deputy Secretary, Office of English Language Acquisition, US Department of Education
Sylvia Garcia
U.S. Congresswoman, TX-29
Yoger Aguilar
LULAC Council 354
Doris Alcivar
Assistant Director, Employer Relations UCF Career Services
Corina Alegria
Interim Texas Deputy Director for Young Adults
Jose Barrera
LULAC Deputy Director for California
Estefany Castañeda
Board Clerk
Alan Curtis
President, Eisenhower Foundation
Jasmin Chavez
LULAC Deputy Director for Virginia
Nanette Diaz Barragán
U.S. Congresswoman California 44th District
Emilia Gutierrez
Politics & Government Manager, Facebook
Andres Rodriguez
LULAC National Vice-President for Young Adults
