Justice on the Mainstage

Yunuen Trujillo is an immigration attorney, a faith-based community organizer, and a lay minister. She has over 15 years of experience in young adult ministry and is a leading figure in inclusive Catholic LGBT ministry in the U.S. She currently serves as the religious formation coordinator for the Catholic Ministry with Lesbian and Gay Persons of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and is the founder of the Instagram account @LGBTCatholics. She gave a keynote address at the 2025 Ignatian Family Teach-in for Justice. 

Christina Leaño serves as associate director and senior director of movement building and eco-conversion of the Laudato Si’ Movement, a global movement mobilizing the Catholic family worldwide to turn Pope Francis’ encyclical letter, Laudato Si’: On Care for our Common Home into action for climate and ecological justice. She gave a keynote address at the 2025 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice. 

Father Gregory Boyle, S.J., is the founder of Homeboy Industries in LosAngeles, the largest gang-intervention, rehabilitation, and re-entry program in the world. Fr. Boyle is the author of the 2010 New York Times-bestseller “Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion” and has written numerous books since then. In 2014, President Obama named Fr. Boyle a Champion of Change. He gave a keynote address at the 2025 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice. 

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Sr. Peggy O’Neill, S.C. has been living in El Salvador for the past 30 years. She is the director of Centro Arte para la Paz (Center of Arts for Peace) in Suchitoto, a regional educational & cultural center promoting peace through dance, art, and theological reflection. Sr. Peggy founded this healing space in 2006 and works toward building a culture of peace using the arts as a vehicle.

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Ruben Garcia is the executive director of Annunciation House, a non-profit organization in El Paso, Texas, dedicated to supporting migrants and refugees. Under his leadership, Annunciation House has become a beacon of hope for thousands of vulnerable individuals seeking asylum and a better life in the US. His work has provided immediate relief to those in crisis and inspired broader societal awareness about the plight of migrants.

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Fr. Bryan N. Massingale is a professor of Theological and Social Ethics at Fordham University. Fr. Massingale strives to be a scholar-activist through serving faith-based groups advancing justice in society. He is a noted authority on issues of social and racial justice, having addressed numerous national Catholic conferences and lectured at colleges and universities across the nation.

Ellie Hidalgo is co-director of Discerning Deacons, a project to engage Catholics in the active discernment of our Church about women in the diaconate and to contribute to the renewal of the diaconate for our times. Previously, she served as pastoral associate at Dolores Mission Church and School in Boyle Heights/East Los Angeles, CA. She gave a keynote address at the 2023 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice

Sr. Norma Pimentel, M.J., a sister with the Missionaries of Jesus, is the executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley. She oversees the charitable arm of the Diocese of Brownsville. She gave a keynote address at the 2023 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice.

Monique Trusclair Maddox is the CEO of the Descendants Truth & Reconciliation Foundation. She is a fifth- and sixth-generation granddaughter of Isaac Hawkins and a fourth-generation granddaughter of Nace Butler, two of the 272 men, women, and children who were enslaved by the Maryland Jesuits and eventually sold in 1838 in an effort to save Georgetown University from financial ruin. She gave a keynote address at the 2023 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice.

Olga Marina Segura is a freelance writer. She is the author of Birth of A Movement: Black Lives Matter and the Catholic Church and a co-founder and former co-host of the podcast, “Jesuitical.” She gave a keynote address at the 2022 Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice.