John Perez is building Calmecac Academy, a program within Denver Healing Generations Network, which looks to strengthen BIPOC youth’s sense of cultural identity and responsibility to self, family, and community through healing practices found in ancestral knowledge.

Connect: perezro22@gmail.com / Denver Healing Geneartions Facebook & Instagram

Miarri Phillips’ love for nature inspired her to develop Green Goddess, where she envisions an inclusive and equitable environment that fosters connection, culture, and community for young girls, women, and gender-expansive folx of color. 

Connect: miarriphillips@gmail.com / green1goddess.com / Green Goddess Instagram

Jen Derosby’s solution, We Need Each Other, centers on middle school girls, femme-identifying and gender-expansive youth, cultivating the opportunity for them to dream of and create better worlds for themselves and each other.

Connect: jenniferderosby@gmail.com

Magnolia Landa-Posas’ solution The Melanated Education Collective, is a collective of seasoned BIPOC educators focused on fostering accountability and driving institutional change to support the most marginalized communities in education.

Connect: magnolia_landaposas@dpsk12.org / LinkedIn

Jasón Romero, Jr.’s solution, Regional Hub Development, for Colorado Youth Congress, establishes local centers for youth to engage in transformative systems and social change work, amplifying the leadership and healing of young people in diverse communities across Colorado.

Connect: jason@coyouthcongress.org / LinkedIn

Alexis Lopez is crafting the STEM Educator and Youth Alliance of Colorado (SEYAC) to ensure equitable exposure, access, and opportunity to STEM fields and career paths for youth traditionally excluded from STEM.

Connect: alexis@projectinvent.org / LinkedIn

Victoria De Leon’s solution, Infinita Latina, envisions a future where Latina youth in the Denver metro area are celebrated and empowered leaders, thriving academically, socially, and culturally while building inclusive communities and shaping a more equitable world.

Connect: deleonva1217@mail.com Instagram / LinkedIn

Cecilia Quintanilla’s solution, YBNeuro, works with neurodivergent students to positively engage with and thrive in their community by developing knowledge and skills to address their unique needs as learners.

Connect: cecilia@ybneuro.org / LinkedIn /ybneuro.org

Frida Fernanda Soto Leyva and her solution, In Tloque Nahuaque: Interconnected Healing, centers the values of resilience, cultural pride, and the significance of indigenous spirituality in her professional path as a mental health provider.

Connect: fridafernandasoto@gmail.com

Karen Rojas Meza’ solution, SociedadToltecatl, aims to build confidence in BIPOC youth to pursue professions in the arts.

Connect: karo4919@gmail.com / LinkedIn

Ramone Carson’s solution, Sardonyx Media Collaborative, looks to disrupt systemic racial injustice by cultivating a community of socially conscious young artists who center BIPOC protagonists and heroes in art.

Connect: rc.lyceumleadership@gmail.com

Karen J. Nuñez Sifuentes is focused on redesigning the Speakers' Collective at Convivir Colorado to increase the number of youth leaders who speak in public to shift societal narratives to be more pro-immigrant and pro-refugee.

Connect: karen@convivircolorado.org / LinkedIn

Marialuisa Meza-Burgos’ solution Cuerdas y Canciones Center for Mariachi Arts & Culture looks to elevate and enrich Mariachi education across Colorado, fostering cultural understanding and excellence in performance.

Connect: marimezaburgos@gmail.com