Youth Speak! Collective

Honorary Host Committee

Honorable Richard Alarcón, City of Los Angeles
Angel Aviles, Actress – Mi Vida Loca
Honorable Howard L. Berman, U.S. House of Representatives
Honorable Tony Cardenas, City of Los Angeles
Glen Dake, Glen Dake Landscape Architect
Margarita H. de Escontrias, CRA-LA
Honorable Felipe Fuentes, California State Assembly
Peggy Funkhouser, Los Angeles Education Partnership
Board Member Tamar Galatzan, LAUSD
Honorable Eric Garcetti, City of Los Angeles
Honorable Wendy Gruel, City Controller
Dolores Huerta, Dolores Huerta Foundation
Honorable Jose Huizar, City of Los Angeles                                                                                                                       Sandra Islas, Latino Producers Action Network
Gloria M. Lazalde, YSC Founding Board Member
Honorable Alex Padilla, California State Senate
Honorable Jan Perry, City of Los Angeles
Ford Roosevelt, Project GRAD Los Angeles
Danny Trejo, Actor – Machete
Honorable Antonio R. Villaraigosa, City of Los Angeles
Jonathan Weedman, Wells Fargo Foundation
Honorable Zev Yaroslavsky, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

Gala Planning Committee                                                      

Norma Cardenas, Essence Marketing, LCC
Jennie Carey, Los Angeles Education Partnership  
Mike Centeno, Elusive Minds Productions
Becky Cruz, San Fernando High School student
Cesar Diaz, University California Los Angeles
Mayra Esparza, Youth Speak Collective
Rudy Espinoza, Leadership for Urban Renewal Now
Melissa Khamvongsa, Youth Speak Collective
David Kietzman, Youth Speak Collective
Arley Ann Laman, AAL Studios
Jorge Martinez, Wells Fargo
Lucy Perez, Partnerships to Uplift Communities
Richard Ramos, Olive Vista Middle School
Stephanie Sanchez, Cal State Northridge
Ana Urena, Cal State Northridge
Maggie Velasquez, Mission Community Hospital