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Top venerated musicians and Bomba and Plena practitioners

Non-Profit organization Diversity in Arts and Nations for Cultural Education, Inc.

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U.S. Secretary of Education

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Former Professional Basketball Player

Actor

Miss Latina Hawaii

Filmmaker & Creative professional (Production designer, Costume designer, Creative director, and Visual Storyteller)

Comedian & Influencer

Art Historian at Puerto Rican art from the archipelago

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The 2024 celebration is also dedicated to the Puerto Rican communities of Hawaii.

Singer and Actor

Actor and Choreographer

Actor, HOLA Award winner

Broadcast journalist, author, and television personality

Broadcast journalist

National Football League player

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Latin Grammy winning Salsa Singer & Songwriter, Composer, Musician

Musician

Grammy Nominated Bandleader, Musician and Composer

Musica Urbana Singer, Rapper, Songwriter, Actress, Latin Grammy Honoree

Pop Singer-Songwriter, Dancer, Actress, 2011 The Voice Contestant

Social Media Strategist, Influencer, Blogger, Digital Reporter, Content Creator/Producer

Television News Anchor

Radio Host and Comedian

Entertainer, Activist, Educator, Founder of Teatro Afro-Boricua El Coquí and the Luis Palés Matos Theater

Latin Grammy Award winning Pop and Ballad Singer

MLB Baseball Player, Coach and Manager, Puerto Rican and Caribbean Hall of Famer

Transgender Community Activist

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Trailblazing figure in the realm of Afro-Puerto Rican Bomba musicand dance for 40+ years

Bombazo Dance Co is a Bronx based Non profit dance organization founded by Puerto Rican native Milteri Tucker Concepcion.

Jr., Strategist, Philanthropist and Author of RELENTLESS

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Musician

Producer, DJ & Songwriter

Superintendent of Hartford Public Schools

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Actor

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Hip Hop pioneer

Widely regarded as one of the best pitchers in the game

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The 2024 celebration is dedicated to the municipality of San Germán, Affectionately known as “La Ciudad de las Lomas”

Tito Nieves has become one of the most prominent salsa singers in the industry.

Rapper, Singer, Songwriter, Filmaker; Grammy Award Winner, and holds record for most Latin Grammy Award Wins

Radio DJ and Host

Latin Grammy winner, composer and actor

Emmy Award winning broadcast journalist, and Spanish-language broadcasting pioneer

The 65th Infantry Regiment

Actress, Singer, Dancer; Major awards include the legendary EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony), National Medal of Arts, Kennedy Center, and HOLA

Actor; 1967 Miss Puerto Rico

Grammy & Latin Grammy Award winning Musician and Composer

Author, Poet, Novelist, Professor of Literature, Essayist, Literary Critic, and Author of children's books

Composer and Singer of traditional folk (JIbaro) music

Dancer and Educator

Pulitzer Prize, Grammy, Emmy, Tony Award-Winning Songwriter, Actor, Producer and Director

Television Journalist and News Anchor

Emmy Award winning Journalist and News Anchor, Travel blogger

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Television and Film Actor

Activist, Founder of the Pride Parade in West Puerto Rico (Parada de Orgullo LGBTT del Oeste)

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Percussion & dance ensemble that plays the Bomba and Plena music of Puerto Rico

In the spirit of Sankofa -looking to your past for a better future- BombaYo members.

Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) for Comcast Corporation

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Boxer

Actor

Composer, Playwright, Producer & Vocalist

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Author

Advocate & Activist

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Actor, Writer and Directed

Speaker of the New York City Council from 2014 to 2017, and Councilmember for the 8th district from 2006 to 2017

Actor, founder and director of New York City's Puerto Rican Traveling Theater. Obie & HOLA award winner, and National Medal of Arts awardee.

Actor

Singer, songwriter, actor

Author, poet, activist

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Actress, Producer, Writer, Singer-Songwriter, Model, 1993 Miss Puerto Rico Petite, 1994 Miss America Petite

Opera Singer, Educator; Kennedy Center Honoree; Founder of the Martina Arroyo Foundation

Painter

Founder of the Caribbean Cultural Center and African Diaspora Institute

Emmy-winning Host and TV personality

Multi genre Singer-Songwriter

Salsa and Musica Urbano Singer and Songwriter

Television and Radio Host

Historian, Writer, Researcher and Curator; Chronicler of the Global Black Experience

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NBA All-Star, and USA Olympic Team Basketball Player

Latin Grammy award winning Salsa singer and songwriter