CABE 2024 CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Wednesday, February 21st
Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch
US Army Retired Lieutenant Colonel, Founder & President of Educational Achievement Services, Inc., Educator and Author of the book Journey to the Future: A Roadmap for Success for Youth.
Thursday, February 22nd
Dr. Victor Rios
UC Santa Barbara, Associate Dean of Social Sciences, Professor of Sociology, Author of the book “Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys”, and Oliver Cromwell Cox Awardee.
Friday, February 23rd
Dr. Tyrone Howard
UCLA, Professor in the School of Education & Information Studies. His research addresses issues tied to race, culture, access and educational opportunity for minoritized student populations. He is the author of best-selling books, including “Why Race & Culture Matters in Schools” .
Saturday, February 24th
Nicknamed El Charro de Oro, or The Golden Mariachi, he is a singer who rose to fame as a child performing in 2012 on the hit reality competition series America’s Got Talent.
SPOTLIGHT SPEAKERS
Marcos Aguilar
Executive Director, School of Anahuacalmecac International University Preparatory of North America
Brandon Brown
Chief Executive Officer, School Yard Rap
Dr. Amy Cranston
Executive Director, California SEL Alliance
Jorge Dueñas
Motivational Speaker and Author
Ernesto Durán
Director, Region 8 Expanded Learning Services
Huda Essa
Founder of Culture Links, LLC
Dr. Stephen Krashen
Emeritus Professor, University of Southern California
David Lai
Manager, English Language Learner Policy and Research for the Council of the Great City Schools
Dr. Christy Lao
Associate Professor, Chinese Bilingual Education, San Francisco State University
Fernando Peña
Bilingual Educator and Conference Motivational Speaker
Vriti Saraf
Founder of k20 Educators
Dr. Jacqueline Sanderlin
Educator, Speaker and Author
Gabriela Uro
Director, English Language Learner Policy and Research for the Council of the Great City Schools
Amy Yamamoto Callahan
Former Teacher and Education Consultant
FEATURED SPEAKERS (Partial Listing)
123 Andrés
Dr. Nicoline Ambe
Nancy Bui
Mariana Castro
Silvia Dorta - Duque De Reyes
Jesús Flores
Guadalupe Guererro
GüeroLoco
Jo Gusman
Dr. Socorro Herrera
Elizabeth Jiménez Salinas
Susana Ibarra Johnson
Dr. Diann Kitamura
Ku'uipo Koahou
Enid Lee
Dr. Noma LeMoine
Dr. Margarita Machado-Casas
Dr. Hector Montenegro
Ángel Romero
Sandra Silberzweig
Dr. Sonia Soltero
Leo Tanguma
Demontea Thompson
Roxanna Villaseñor
Ramona Webb
James Ramos
Dr. Jim Cummins
