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2025 SPEAKERS & PANELISTS
Senator Omar Aquino
State Senator, State of Illinois
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
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