Speakers

Introducing our confirmed speakers for #AquiEstamos2015!

 

Kitana Sanchez | She/her/hers

Born in the small border town of Del Rio, Texas, she never thought she would get out of her safe haven and get to experience life. Many think her journey through her transition has been a breeze, but few know the hardships of creating a life where happiness is her choice. She has competed in several beauty pageants/contests and walked away with a couple of titles. She is the current reigning MISS QUEEN OF FANTASIA and a contributing writer for Hard Candy Magazine under Viva La Trans.  As a 29-year-old LATINA, transwoman and Texas A&M Corpus Christi Almuni, she hopes to make a difference in the world through her fight for HUMAN EQUALITY.

 

 

 

 

Sissi Yado + TyeFive | She/her/hers

Sissi shows up when it counts. She transits the political bubble, recently organizing as the Field Director to the first openly gay man running for City Commissioner in McAllen and as the current President of the Stonewall Democrats of the Rio Grande Valley. Her mission is to inform, create ripples of civic engagement within the community, erode the stigma of being LGBTQ, and create positive opportunities for queer Chican@s in the RGV. She is a graduate of South Texas College, Associate of Arts with a concentration in Visual Arts and Criminal Justice and is currently pursuing a Bachelors of Applied Science in Organizational Leadership. To learn more about the human, artist, and activist visit sissiyado.com.

 

 

Lucy Ceballos Félix | She/her/hers (Ella)

Originalmente de Matamoros, Tamaulipas; México. Lucy Ceballos Félix fue educada como trabajadora social en el Instituto de Ciencias y Estudios de Tamaulipas (ICEST). Recibió su licenciatura en 1992.  A partir del 2007 dirigió La Voz Latina, un programa que ayuda a las mujeres mexicanas-americanas y a sus familias en el Valle del Río Grande del Sur de Texas a aumentar su acceso a los servicios de salud reproductiva y otros servicios sociales en la agencia Migrant Health Promotion. Lucy ha recibido algunos premios.  Los más destacados son; en el 2008 se le otorgó el premio nacional Ms. Foundation for Women’s “Gloria Women of Vision”.  En el 2013 le entregaron el reconocimiento “2013 U.S. Human Rights Moment Builders Award”.  En el 2014 recibe el premio llamado Resistencia For Reproductive Equity por parte de Lilith Fund. Actualmente labora en National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health como Coordinadora Principal de la RAL de Texas (Red de Abogacía de Latinas de Texas), reuniéndose con grupos de mujeres de diversas ciudades del Valle del Rio Grande, Corpus Christy, San Antonio, El Paso y Houston, Texas.

More coming soon.