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Keynotes

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. 

Explore Our Workshops & Trainings

Recent & Upcoming Keynote Events

Microaggressions Conference

Microaggressions Conference

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Selected Speaking Engagements

Keynotes & Featured Talks

  1. Tennessee State University – Microaggressions Conference (Keynote), Jan 2025

  2. San Francisco State University – Counseling Program Graduation (Keynote), May 2023

  3. University of Oregon – Dreamer Conference (Keynote), Apr 2022

  4. University of Oregon – Impact Graduation (Keynote), Jun 2019

  5. Oregon State University – Here to Stay: Undocumented Students & Activism (Keynote), May 2018

  6. San Francisco State University – Forum on Latinos & Higher Education, Jun 2014

  7. University of Oregon – Graduate Student Commencement Speaker, Jun 2021

  8. San Francisco State University – Master’s in Counseling Graduation Speaker, May 2015

Performance & Storytelling (Spoken Word)

  1. San Francisco State University – Awards Ceremony, Undocumented Student Task Force – 2014 & 2015
  2. San Francisco State University – Coctkales: Unplugged – May 2015
  3. 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.”

Participant
DREAMer Conference

”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.”

Professor
University of Oregon

"I probably wouldn't want to have to spend all day listening to anyone... I think you are the exception. Thank you"

Participant
DREAMer Conference

"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."

Graduate Student
University of Oregon

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.

Ready to Bring Transformation to Your Event?

Invite Dr. Bryan to speak

At your conference, graduation, retreat, organizational gathering, or community event.

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