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2025 SPEAKERS & PANELISTS
Senator Omar Aquino
State Senator, State of Illinois
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Hilda T. Ayala González
Archives & Special Collection's Specialist
Ela Banerjee
Voice of Witness
Antonio Bruno
Managing Director
UrbanTheater Company​
Alyssa Corrigan-Cuadrado
Director of Research & Development
National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture
Alderperson Jessie Fuentes
The 26th Ward, City of Chicago​
Omi Hopper
Cooking Con Omi​
José E.López
University of Illinois at Chicago​
Billy Ocasio
National Museum of
Puerto Rican Arts & Culture
Duane Rieder
Founder and Curator of
The Clemente Museum
Mary Santana
Founder & Executive Director
The Miracle Center
Monti Carlo
Author, Television Producer, Writer, and Host
Ivelisse Diaz
Director & Founder
La Escuelita Bombera de Corazón
Celso González
Creative Director​
Dean Huertas
Activist and Content Creator
Anthony Modesto Miliàn
Public Historian
Veronica Ocasio
Adrián Román
Multidisciplinary Visual Artist
Jesús Suárez
CEO/Founder of RMG
Miriam Centeno Marrero
Librarian, Visual Artist, and Researcher
Dr. Yomaira Figueroa-Vásquez
Center for Puerto Rican Studies
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Juan González
University of Illinois at Chicago
Rep. Lilian Jiménez
State Representative, 4th-IL House
Dr. Marta Moreno Vega
President/Founder of
Creative Justice Initiative Inc.
Dr. Cristina Pacione-Zayas
Chief of Staff
City of Chicago
Carlos R Ruiz Cortés, Ph.D
Destyni Swoope
Artist