Rowena Alegría (she/her) has built a career around serving community in fournalism, public service and engagement. She has produced everything from inaugural speeches to newspaper columns, social media content to documentary films, talking poing to annual reports. She believes in the power of story and is exceptional at engaging and collaborating. She seeks out opportunities for storytelling in community, particularly projects that include new voices and work toward narrative change. Ro was Denver’s Chief Storyteller from 2018-2024. She was Naropa University’s 2024 Cobb Peace Lecturer and among the urban thought leaders at the first Bruner Debates on Urban Excellence in 2025. She was the 2021 Ricardo Salinas Scholar in Fiction at Aspen Words and the Jack Jones victor La Valle Fellow in 2019. She is writing a novel that plays with time and the history of the Southwest.