select AWARDS & RECOGNITIONs

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Pahara-Aspen Education Fellow
Inclusiveness and Racial Equity Award
Colorado’s MLK, Jr. Humanitarian Award
TFA Social Innovation Award
2014 Leadership For Educational Equity Award 2012 LEE Public Leaders Fellowship
2016 Pahara Aspen NextGen Fellow 2019 Pahara Aspen Education Fellow
2019 TEDx Mile High Talk
2017 Stanford Latino Entrepreneur Leaders Program
2018 CDE SACPIE Promising Partnership Practices
2016 & 2018 Aspen Education and Society Program, Speaker and Panelist
2018 Transformative Leadership for Change Fellowship in CO
2017 Latino Leadership Institute
2015 Forbes 30 Under 30
2017 Denver Foundation & CO Non-profit Association's Equity and Excellence Award
2017 New Profit Proximity Accelerator Award
2017 Aspen Ideas Festival Scholar
2011 Urban Leaders Fellowship
2014 White House Bright Spot in Hispanic Education

 Boards, Committees, & Councils RISE has participated in:

  • SACPIE

  • Latinos For Education

  • The Denver Foundation Education Committee

  • APS Strategic Planning Committee (2013/14?)

  • Leadership APS

  • Blueprint Regional Groups

  • ELDP with University of Chicago Consortium on School Research

  • APS Zone Advisory Council

  • APS DAAC

  • APS EPAC

  • K12 Advocacy Committee with Katy Anthes

  • APS Preschool Program Advisory Council

  • APS Young Men of Color (YMOC) program

  • Denver Foundation and APS Ending School to Prison Pipeline Working Group

  • Centralized Language Services Office co-creation

  • APS Mental Health Department co-creation

Conferences RISE has presented at:

  • TNTP Passing The Mic Panelist - 2020

  • Pahara Aspen Panelist - Racial Equity Panel with Idrissa - 2020?

  • WestEd Virtual Presenter - 2020?

  • Leadership For Educational Equity Virtual Keynote (2016/17)

  • DSST Keynote in Denver (2016)

  • TFA 25th Anniversary Summit (Family Leaders with Diana, La Lucha with Maria Hinojosa, TFAll for Wendy)

  • Aspen Education and Society Summer Round Table x 2

  • LEE Venture Fund and Fellowship Pitch in NYC (2015)

  • Echoing Green Pitch Competition in NYC (2014)

  • Teach For America Social Innovation Award Pitch in NYC (2014?)

  • Teach For America CO Keynote in Denver after Boasberg and Joe Garcia (2017?)

  • CO Non-profit Association Banquet in Denver; Equity and Inclusion Award Acceptance Speech (2017?)

  • CO Commission MLK, Jr. Humanitarian Award Acceptance Speech in Denver (2016?)

  • Teach For America CO recruitment event at CU Boulder X2 panelist with Jen Bacon (2015)  Speaker with Wisdom (2017?)

  • TFA School Leaders of Color Conference in Denver (2016/17?)

  • CSU Global Virtual Commencement Speech (June 2020)

  • TEDx Mile High in Denver (June 2019)

  • Urban Leaders Fellowship X3 (Mike's office in Denver 2015, CO Capitol Building Summer 2019, Virtually July 2020)

  • Teach For All Virtual Convening (February 2020?)

  • EdLoC X4; Summit Presentation with Millie and Mary in Chicago? (2015?); EdLoC Boulder Pitch event in Houston (2017?); Boulder Fund Funder Presentation at EdLoC Summit in Chicago? (2017?); Jocelyn and VP breakout presentation on sustainable systemic change at EdLoC Summit in D.C. (October 2019?)

  • Broad Alumni Summit in LA about Family Engagment and RISE , VP & JS (January 2020)

  • WBEC & Carnegie event speaker in Boston with Anjali (2016?)

  • National Family Engagment Conference X2; VP & Lah Gay Moo in Cleveland, OH (2017?) and Lunch plenary speaker and panelist in Reno, Nevada (July 2019)

  • Teach For All Global Convening panelist in Santiago, Chile (2015?)

  • WestEd Virtual Speaker (July 2020)

  • Aspen Education and Society Virtual Round Table about school re-entry webinar panelist (July 2020)

  • Aspen Education and Society TED Talk and Panel with Aspen Institute CEO Dan Porterfield in D.C. at Aspen Institute (2019)

  • Aspen Scholars @ Aspen Ideas Festival in Aspen; spoke with Sanford and Ross (2017/18?)

  • NM Equity Round Table with Aspen Education and Society and NM Public Education Department in Albuquerque, NM (January 2020)

  • Latinos For Education Keynote Speaker at Latinx Pitch Competition in Boston (October 2019)

  • TFA National Latino Advisory Council Convening x2 (Speaker 2013? in AZ? and Panelist 2014? in LA)

  • Ed Pioneers X2 Denver with Celia (2014/15?) and National Conference in Chicago? on Panel with Kara (2018?)

  • New Schools Venture Fund X3; Panelist for funders in Oakland (2016?), Sipinga and Diana for Power of Parents Lunch Plenary in Oakland (2016?/17?); NSVF Summit Panelist with Carnegie in Oakland (May 2019)

  • Grantmakers for Education in D.C. X2 panelist with Raquel for New Profit, panelist with Janiece & Papa for CEO (2017?)

  • Philanthropy Roundtable Panelist in Denver at Ritz Carlton (2018?)

  • Donnell Kay Luncheon Panelist in Denver (2017?)

  • CO Health Foundation and Mathematica Event panelist (Fall 2019)

  • Obama Foundation Panelist with other Obama Fellows at Obama Foundation Convening in Chicago; small group discussion with Patrick Duval & Obama Foundation board members Common's Mom (October 2019)

  • Obama Foundation Summit Panelist for Chicago Youth Leadership Corps with Harry in Chicago (2018?)

  • Teach For America Oklahoma Corps Summit Presentation about RISE in Tulsa, Oklahoma (2015/16?)

  • North Dakota Keynote Speaker for Native American Indian Education Summit in Bismarck, ND; invite from ND Education State Commissioner Kristen (2017?)

  • New Leaders Council Progressive Hero Award Acceptance Speech in Denver (2016?)

  • CIVVY'S Award Acceptance Speech in D.C. (October 2019)

  • Radio interview with Jenny Brundine for CPR (2018?)