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A FESTIVAL LIKE NO OTHER

Raizado Festival 2025 will be hosted by entertainment industry leaders and feature leaders from the culinary, non-profit, government, media, and business landscapes. The 2025 speakers will be announced soon.

MASTERCLASSES

From understanding your energetic health to a birria cooking class, the festival will kick off on Thursday, August 21st, with change makers who will speak about honoring their cultural inheritance, their past, and how to protect your energy.

  • Energetic Health & the Magic with Ivana de Maria
  • Birria: Master Cooking Class with Chef Claudette Zepeda
  • Memories, Mothers & Family Myths: Facing Our Latina Legacies by Carmen Rita Wong and Monique Curnen
  • “Writing our Authentic Stories and Creating the Platforms to Share Them” with Selina Ringel and Maria Hinojosa

Space is limited and registration is required. The fee per class is $50.

PANELS & FIRESIDE CHATS

This year’s theme creates a space rooted in herencia—exploring what we have inherited and what we desire to leave behind for future generations. Through these panels and fireside chats, we want to weave our stories together, learn from each other, and build paths forward. We will live stream select panels. Subscribe via email to join the conversation.

  • On Nuestra Herencia with speaker Ana Flores, Entrepreneur and Author
  • On Growing our Own with speaker Nina Vaca of Pinnacle Group and Amanda
    Humrichouse of Pinnacle Group; moderated by Maria Hinojosa
  • On Welcoming, Belonging, and Protecting with author Cristina Jimenez Moretta and Greisa Martinez of United We Dream; moderated by Chelsea Rendon
  • On Agriculture, the Food System and Sustainability
  • On Building and Protecting our Treasures

Food & Beverage

Food has a profound way of evoking nostalgia and reminding us of home. Latine cuisine is one of the most celebrated cuisines in the world. Food has always been central to Justice for Migrant Women’s mission given that it was founded with a focus on women working in agriculture and across the food supply chain. It was a natural fit to make food a central focus of Raizado Festival.

This Festival honors how chefs and mixologists are keepers of cultural traditions through food and beverage.

A powerhouse team of diverse chefs are returning to the festival, headed by humanitarian, TV personality, and award-winning Chef Grace Ramirez. Leading her team is Justice for Migrant Women Senior Culinary Advisor Chef Melissa Tung, alongside Chef Kristen Little Espinal, and Chef Osvin Velasquez. The culinary team will prepare authentic recipes representing the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, and South America.

Music Performances

Dance to live musical performance from Latin GRAMMY artists to the Aspen Music Mariachi program. Our 2025 line-up will be announced soon!

Film, Books, & Fashion

Sharing inspiration and celebrating our stories through book readings, film screenings, and more. An opportunity to highlight Latine talent, creativity and excellence, while supporting local businesses. Our 2025 lineup will be announced soon.

2024 ICON AWARDS

The marquee event of the Festival, where we honor trailblazing Latine community members who have had a major impact in the areas of Power, Culture and Truth.

Amber Lovatos

Health

Luis A. Miranda

Truth

Wilmer Valderrama

Power

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