

Throughout her career, Lorena dedicated over 10 years leveraging relationships to resource quality educational opportunities for youth and families. Lorena Lopera is Executive Director, Massachusetts at Latinos for Education. She lives in the Boston area with her spouse and two children. in Education from Fordham University and a B.A.

El Planeta has twice named her one of the 100 most influential Hispanics in Massachusetts and she’s a Senior Fellow at FutureEd. She is a Fall 2015 Aspen Pahara Fellow out of the prestigious Aspen Institute and delivered the convocation speech at Boston University School of Education graduation. She is a Trustee of the Board with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and Roxbury Community College.
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Over the course of her professional career, Amanda has been a frequent speaker at conferences and events. Amanda’s career spans over 25 years working in the fields of recruiting, diversity, organization development, change management, strategic planning and Latino community engagement. Amanda began working on issues of educational opportunity and representation serving as the Vice President of Latino external engagement at Teach For America and a Director at The Bridgespan Group, supporting clients on organization and talent development. ×Īmanda is a social entrepreneur and CEO/Founder of Latinos for Education, the first Latino founded and led national organization solely dedicated to creating leadership pathways for emerging Latino leaders in education and diversifying education nonprofit boards.

is passionate about supporting an inclusive community of Latino leaders from diverse backgrounds. As a proud Mexican and first-generation college graduate, R.D. He also serves as a board member for oneTILT. is a graduate of the Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Leaders Program and an inaugural Pahara-Aspen NextGen Fellow. in Interpersonal Communications from The University of Texas at Austin. began his professional career as a middle school math teacher in West Philadelphia while earning his teaching certification at The University of Pennsylvania. He also supported national initiatives, including corps member and alumni summits and the annual School Leaders of Color Conference. led efforts to create regional alumni advisory Collective boards in 32 regions across the country. He was responsible for building and developing a strong regional presence of alumni through their involvement with The Collective, Teach For America’s Alumni of Color Association. Pr eviously, he was the Director of Diversity and Leadership at Teach For America, where he supported the organization’s corps members and alumni of color across the country. He joined the team in 2016 and served as the Director of National Engagement, whe re he connected a national network of L atinos to professional development opportunities, resources, and one another. He supports the CEO and leadership team, providing tactical oversight and support across the organization and through special projects. Leyva serves as the Chief of Staff at Latinos for Education.
