HTTP Honors 2021 “Tech Innovadores”
Each Hispanic Heritage Month HTTP Honors “Tech Innovadores” recognizing the extraordinary work of BIPOC leaders who represent the best and brightest minds in technology and telecommunications policy.
HTTP’s Tech Innovadores are visionary, innovative, and collaborative digital inclusion advocates in Congress, the federal government and within civil society working to advance game changing solutions that promote equity, civil rights, racial justice, and digital opportunity for all.
HTTP Congratulates our 2021 honorees for outstanding achievement and leadership promoting:
Social Justice: Advancing social justice, anti-racism and the fight against racial inequality within the tech ecosystem.
Digital Equality: Furthering efforts to expand digital opportunity to every person and every home regardless of race, zip code, gender, ability, orientation, or economic condition.
HTTP Celebrates the Leadership of this year’s “Tech Innovadores”
Explore the names of this year’s honorees below:
Tech Innovadores Congressional Champions:
Sen. Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) | Rep. Marc Veasey (D-TX)
Alisa Valentin
Special Advisor
Office of FCC Commissioner Geoffrey Starks
April Jones
Deputy Legislative Director and Counsel
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar
Bertram Lee Jr.
Counsel
Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights
Brian Howard
Senior Policy Analyst
USET Sovereignty Protection Fund
C. LeRoy Cavazos-Reyna
Vice President of Government/International Affairs
United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Carlos Gutierrez
Deputy Director & General Counsel
LGBT Tech
Carlos Sanchez
Chief of Staff
Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-MN)
Charlene Collazo Goldfield
Attorney Advisor
Federal Government
Christopher Cox
Chief of Staff
Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (NY-09)
Claudia V. Ruiz
Civil Rights Analyst
UnidosUS
Clarissa Rojas
Communications Director
Rep. Tony Cardenas (D-CA)
Daisy Madrigal
Code as a Second Language
Hispanic Heritage Foundation
Diana Caba
Asst. VP: Policy & Community Engagement
Hispanic Federation
Diana Moreno
Attorney-Advisor
NTIA
Didier Barjon
Tech & Telecom Legislative Assistant
U.S. Senate Majority Leader, Charles E. Schumer
Diego Gustavo Deleersnyder
Senior Research Manager
Aspen Latinos and Society
Dominique Harrison, Ph.D.
Director, Technology Policy
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
Fallon S. Wilson, PhD
Vice President of Policy
Multicultural Media, Telecom & Internet Council
Chris Miguel Wilkie
Chief Operating Officer
SHPE
Edgar Rivas
Legislative Director
Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO)
Emily Chi
Asst. Dir. Tech/Telecom/Media
AAJC
Jessica Martinez
Deputy Chief of Staff and Legislative Director
Rep. Marc Veasey (TX-33)
Laudi Campo
Florida State Director
Hispanic Federation
Lili Gangas
Chief Technology Community Officer
Kapor Center
Mana Azarmi
Counsel
Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA)
Maria Town
President and CEO
American Association of People with Disabilities
Mark Hugo Lopez
Director of Race and Ethnicity Research
Pew Research Center
Marvin Tapia
Code as a Second Language
Hispanic Heritage Foundation
Paloma Perez
Press Secretary and Spokesperson
FCC Acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel
Reynaldo Benitez
Cheif of Staff
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
Sandra Caraveo
National Programs Manager
LULAC
Umair Javed
Acting Chief Counsel
FCC
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This year’s celebration was one for the history books! Thank you to everyone that came out to support this year’s honorees.
