Stephanie Valencia is a national leader and social entrepreneur at the nexus of Latino civic engagement, media and technology, and leadership development.
She is the co-founder of Equis, a set of organizations working to create a better understanding of Latinos, innovate new approaches to reach and engage them, and invest in the leadership and infrastructure for long-term change and increased engagement.
Stephanie is also Co-Founder and Co-Owner of the Latino Media Network, an audio multimedia company focused on inspiring, informing, and celebrating Latinos, owned and operated by members of the community. Founded in 2022, this one of the largest single acquisitions of stations by a Latino-owned and operated company in history and is one of largest capital raises of a Latina-owned and operated startup in the U.S.
She has spent her career working in Congress, the White House, the Commerce Department, Google, and advised entrepreneurs like Reid Hoffman and Penny Pritzker.
She serves on the boards of Latino Media Network, Community Change Action, New America, the Latino Community Foundation, Hispanics in Philanthropy, the Analyst Institute, and is a founding member of Poderistas, with Eva Longoria & America Ferrera, and a founding member of the Digital Democracy Institute of the Americas.
She grew up in a family of public servants in Las Cruces, New Mexico, a small town near the U.S. Mexico border.