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25th Anniversary Speakers

Meet the ILS 25th Anniversary Speakers!

We have an exciting line up for you! Click on each speaker to learn more.
  • Brenda Cárdenas
    Author and Poet
  • '01
    Dr. Carlos Gomez Meade
    Surgeon
  • '00
    Kelly Salazar
    Attorney
  • '04
    Gregorio Arimany
    Corporate Executive
  • '09
    Sandra Garcia
    People & Culture Director
  • '06
    Blanca Ibarra
    Educator
  • Paloma Garcia-Lopez
    Associate Director, Institute for Latino Studies
  • Jason Ruiz
    Professor and Chair of American Studies
  • Ricardo Ramirez
    Associate Professor of Political Science
  • Anne García-Romero
    Professor of Film, Television & Theatre
  • '76, '83 M. Div
    Rev. Joseph Corpora
    Holy Cross Priest
  • Philip Fuentes
    Owner & Operator McDonalds, CHBIP Management, Inc., Chicago, Illinois,
  • Luis R. Fraga
    Director, Institute for Latino Studies
  • Timothy Matovina
    Professor of Theology
  • '72 M.A., '77 Ph.D
    Gilberto Cárdenas
    Professor Emeritus, Sociology
  • '24
    Sofia Casillas
    Fulbright Scholar, Mexico
  • '22
    Matheo Vidal
    Associate Director of Finance, White House
  • '20
    Armando Sanchez
    Software Product manager
  • '19
    Associate Project Manager
  • '13
    Gabriela Hernandez Gonzalez
    Associate Director of Research and Projects, Center for Social Concerns
  • Karen Richman
    Director of Undergraduate Studies, Institute for Latino Studies