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Jessica Calzado is founder and CEO of Cuba Inspires. A Cuban-American, Calzado said this social enterprise emerged merely five months after United States and Cuba re-established diplomatic relations. Calzado has taken some 57 groups, an estimated 350 people to visit Cuba from the US, many for the first time. Considered
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Thomas Burr, the Washington bureau chief of The Salt Lake Tribune, served as the 109th president of the National Press Club and, given the sometimes caustic 2016 presidential race and attacks on the news media, became a leading voice defending news outlets and press freedom. Burr spoke out for news
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Michael D. Brown is a Shadow U.S. Senator for the District of Columbia (D). For 40 years, Senator Brown has been involved in many local and national political campaigns – including seven Democratic presidential campaigns. He has been involved in the past 11 consecutive Democratic National Conventions including being a
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Muriel Bowser is the Mayor of Washington D.C. since 2015. Previously, she served since 2007 as the Ward 4 councilmember of the DC Council, where she served as the Chairwoman of the Committee on Economic Development. She began her service as an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner for her Riggs Park
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Maria Fernanda Borja is the President & CEO of the Latino Student Fund (LSF). She has worked for LSF for over 13 years and has served as the head of the organization since 2009. Under her leadership, the LSF has created four new programs to support low-income Pre-K through 12th-grade
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John Boardman is the executive secretary and treasurer of the Unite Here Local 25, the hotel workers labor union chapter in Washington D.C. Since 1996, he has been the chief negotiator of all Local 25 contracts, which represent an estimated 6,500 non-managerial employees, many from the Hispanic community,
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Rosibel Arbaiza is the owner of Golden Scissors beauty salons. Her 10-year entrepreneur experience and dedicated involvement in the Hispanic community made her recipient of the Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s 2013 “Unsung Hero’s Award,” recognition for the achievement of influential Hispanic women. She has planned Fiesta
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José Andrés is the chef and owner of ThinkFoodGroup. An immigrant from Spain, José Andrés founded in 2012 World Central Kitchen, a nonprofit that provides smart solutions to hunger and poverty by using the power of food to empower communities and strengthen economies. He owns 26 restaurants through the US.
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Nestor Alvarenga is Latin American Community Liaison, at the Montgomery County Office of Community Partnerships. Alvarenga was born in El Salvador and raised in the Wheaton neighborhood and heart of the Latino community of Montgomery County. Since 2004, Alvarenga has been working with multicultural communities at the local, state, national,
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Armando Almanza is the President of Ventana Productions. His company is renowned for producing high-quality content in television production services. He has made it his company mission to mentor and recruits Hispanic talent in an effort to further diversify the video production industry. Almaza –whose mother migrated from Mexico and
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Luis Almagro is the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), the multilateral institution that brings together all the countries of the Western Hemisphere. Since taking office in May 2015, the former Uruguayan Foreign Minister has energized the Organization with his commitment to bring “more rights for more
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Victor Albisu is the chef and owner of Del Campo, a South American grill in Washington D.C., and the Northern Virginia street food favorites Taco Bamba. Albisu, who practically grew up in Plaza Latina, his mother’s Latin market, is an ambassador for the cuisines of Central and South