What Is the Future of Latino Leadership?

This week, we were thrilled to welcome our first guest to the Summit Up conversation: Ashley K. Stoyanov Ojeda. A bestselling author, speaker, and community builder, Ashley’s work has been featured in Forbes, Business Insider, and Inc. She’s also a celebrated advisor to LLI’s LEAP growth-stage accelerator.

Is there a difference between hope and optimism? Most of us use them like they’re the same thing—but they’re not. They are distinct concepts with unique impacts on our mindset, decision-making, resilience, and ability to lead during challenging times.

Funding is vanishing. Needs are growing. And the old models aren’t working. Join us for a critical conversation on the nonprofit funding crisis, the urgent strategies organizations must adopt to survive, and how philanthropy needs to shift to sustain the work happening in our communities.

This is more than a discussion—it’s a call to action for anyone committed to the future of mission-driven work.