Keynotes
Dr. Bryan Rojas-Araúz is a trauma-responsive, culture-centered keynote speaker who transforms stages into spaces of healing, reflection, and collective growth. His dynamic storytelling and grounded authenticity challenge audiences to rewrite the scripts that limit them, both personally and organizationally.
Every keynote is a journey toward reconnection, empowerment, and healing.
What Audiences Experience
Each presentation is crafted to not just inform, but to move people.
Audiences walk away with:
A compelling narrative
Rooted in lived experience, cultural wisdom, and academic insight.
Deep reflection + emotional resonance
Space for empathy, connection, and shared healing.
Greater awareness and understanding
Insights into mental health, identity, trauma, belonging, and liberation.
A call to action
Empowering attendees to participate in meaningful change within themselves, their communities, workplaces, and relationships.
As complement to my keynotes we also provide more classroom style workshops and trainings that will leave participants with practical tools and understanding. Click the link below to see our list of offerings from best practices in mental health, integrations of western psychology and traditional healing practices, to how to implement creativity when working with vulnerable populations.
Recent & Upcoming Keynote Events
Microaggressions Conference
Selected Speaking Engagements
Keynotes & Featured Talks
Tennessee State University – Microaggressions Conference (Keynote), Jan 2025
San Francisco State University – Counseling Program Graduation (Keynote), May 2023
University of Oregon – Dreamer Conference (Keynote), Apr 2022
University of Oregon – Impact Graduation (Keynote), Jun 2019
Oregon State University – Here to Stay: Undocumented Students & Activism (Keynote), May 2018
San Francisco State University – Forum on Latinos & Higher Education, Jun 2014
Graduation Speeches
- University of Oregon – Graduate Student Commencement Speaker, Jun 2021
San Francisco State University – Master’s in Counseling Graduation Speaker, May 2015
Performance & Storytelling (Spoken Word)
- San Francisco State University – Awards Ceremony, Undocumented Student Task Force – 2014 & 2015
- San Francisco State University – Coctkales: Unplugged – May 2015
- San Francisco State University – Coctkales: Breaking the Bro Code – May 2014
What Makes Dr. Bryan’s Keynotes Unforgettable
Stories That Break You Open
Grounded in vulnerability, courage, and cultural truth—the kind of storytelling people feel.
Where Story Meets Scholarship
Emotional authenticity paired with research, theory, and culturally grounded psychology.
Emotionally Resonant
Talks that ignite empathy, deepen awareness, and strengthen belonging.
Interactive Moments That Transform the Room
Not lectures. Shared experiences that invite reflection, participation, and action.
”Thank you. that was the first time I've seen someone speak so powerfully about our community. You have no idea how much I needed someone to change that narrative.”
”You made me realize that expanding masculinities is not about taking away from who we are as men. Instead it is about letting us be more than we have been given permission to be.”
"I probably wouldn't want to have to spend all day listening to anyone... I think you are the exception. Thank you"
"Bryan is authentic, bold, and tells truths as they are. Through storytelling, he engages the audience in a way that makes you feel connected to his courageous vulnerability."
DREAMless by DArien Combs & Bryan Rojas-Araúz
This documentary captures the DREAMer experience in the U.S. through the eyes of Dr. Bryan O. Rojas-Araúz. Reflecting on his journey beginning at age 13, Bryan shares the challenges, barriers, and victories shaped by his academic path and lack of documentation.
The film traces his growth through critical consciousness, identity formation, and life transitions—revealing the emotional, social, and political realities of undocumented students.
DREAMless explores:
immigration and sociopolitical development
identity formation
documentation attainment
It honors the 65,000 undocumented students who graduate high school each year and the resilience of immigrant communities across the U.S.
Invite Dr. Bryan to speak
At your conference, graduation, retreat, organizational gathering, or community event.
