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ABOUT RAIZADO FESTIVAL

OUR DEEP ROOTS

What’s in a Name

Raizado means “deeply rooted,” and just like the Aspen trees on the grounds of our inaugural event site at Aspen Meadows Resort and throughout the city of Aspen, Latine people are deeply rooted in this community and country.

Raizado Festival honors these roots and creates relationships and networks for our community and allies, affirming the many vital ways the Latine community contributes to the nation’s present and future.

A growing movement

Each year, the festival grows in reach and impact, convening nationally recognized artists, chefs, and public leaders while remaining accountable to the communities it represents.

A CULTURAL FORCE

This multi-day festival spotlights the cultural force of the Latine community by uplifting its truth, culture, and power, alongside allies committed to advancing authentic representation, opportunity, and investment in approximately 68 million people who identify as Latine in the United States.

The Raizado Festival Experience

Rooted in Justice for Migrant Women’s commitment to celebrating and uplifting Latine excellence and narratives, the festival brings together thought-provoking leaders, changemakers, cultural icons and creators through flash talks, panels, intimate conversations, and networking lounges, cultural art exhibitions, live music, film screenings, and traditional cuisine.

Five Years of Impact

Over the past five years, Raizado has convened nationally recognized artists, cultural leaders, and changemakers, including Isabel Allende, Harvey Guillén, Carmen Perez Jordan, Diana Maria Riva, Lisa Vidal, and Blanca Uzeta O’Leary, among others.

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WHY ASPEN?

Raizado was intentionally founded in Aspen, a place where thought leaders, changemakers, entrepreneurs, and political leaders regularly convene. Mónica Ramírez had previously visited Aspen as an Aspen Institute Socrates Fellow, where she observed that Latine, Indigenous, and immigrant community members are the overwhelming majority of the people who sustain the region through their labor and contributions, yet are often rendered invisible.
Indigenous, Latine, and immigrant community members are integral to Aspen’s prosperity and cultural fabric. Colorado is—and always has been—a Latino/e state; its state Constitution was written in Spanish, as well as English and German. Like the Aspen tree, the Latine community is deeply rooted and interconnected in Colorado and across the United States.
HONORING OUR ROOTS

FESTIVAL PILLARS

POWER

POWER

Celebrating the cultural, political, and economic power of the Latine community.

culture

culture

Celebrating the rich and diverse Latine culture, including food, music, literature, and art, as well as Culture Makers.

TRUTH

TRUTH

Celebrating Truth Tellers, as well as the accurate stories and experiences that represent Latine people in the US.

ABOUT JUSTICE FOR
MIGRANT WOMEN

Justice for Migrant Women is a national non-profit organization in the United States that builds, organizes, and amplifies the power of rural and migrant women through education, advocacy, public awareness, and narrative change work. Founded by Mónica Ramírez, Justice for Migrant Women’s mission is to champion migrant and rural women’s right to live and work with dignity and without fear of sexual violence.

Since 2020, Justice for Migrant Women has mobilized over $13M across 38 states, Puerto Rico, and 270 organizations.

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ABOUT MONíCA RAMíREZ

Mónica Ramírez is a civil rights leader, social entrepreneur, attorney, author, and activist. She is the founder of Justice for Migrant Women and Raizado Festival. Mónica is also a co-founder of Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, Poderistas, and The Latinx House and World Without Exploitation.

Mónica has received numerous awards, including the James Beard Leadership Award honoree, Harvard Kennedy School’s first Gender Equity Changemaker Award, Concordia Global Summit Leadership Award, Feminist Majority’s Global Women’s Rights Award, the Smithsonian’s Ingenuity Award, and The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center 2026 Beloved Community Social Justice Award.

She was named to Forbes Mexico’s 100 Most Powerful, on TIME Magazine’s TIME100 Next, and is a 2026 Elevate Prize Foundation award winner.