Stories have immense power. They are hardwired into our biology for understanding and entertainment, they uncover truth and help us define who we are. Ro helps clients harness the power of narrative to create impactful multimedia storytelling to change the narrative around an individual, a project, an idea, an organization or a community. She helps build inventive strategies for engaging internal and external audiences around story and around equity, inclusion, diversity and belonging.
Envisioning is her super power. What can you imagine together?
- Narrative change strategy
- Community engagement
- Communications strategy
- Communications/marketing plans
- Impactful storytelling
- Writing
- Editing
- Diversity, Equity Inclusion and Belonging training
- Social Impact plans
- Speaker and panelist
- Video production
- Event planning
- Race and culture
- Urbanism
- Integrating social media
- Internal/external relations
BACKGROUND
With more than 20 years of experience, Ro can work with any leadership team to envision the goal and help make it happen.
Ro served in one of the state’s most challenging and high-profile communications positions, directing communications strategy for crisis, issues and media management while also launching pro-active campaigns and coordinating comms for the 2012 Presidential Debate, several Denver Broncos rallies and 14 interviews for the Mayor in NYC as part of Super Bowl XLVIII. She also led planning/writing of major addresses.
She has extensive public speaking experience, with 100+ engagements including keynotes and Ted-style talks, a C-SPAN appearance and moderating an evening with Rita Moreno. She was Naropa University’s 2024 Cobb Peace Lecturer and will be among the urban thought leaders at the first 2024 Bruner Debates on Urban Excellence.
She’s received several fellowships and residencies for creative writing. Her work has appeared in publications including The Rumpus, Mississippi Review, Hennepin Review and the We Are the West 2023 anthology.
She has received meaningful honors and recognition including 6 Heartland Emmy nominations, History Colorado’s Josephine H. Miles Award for a major contribution to state history, the Denver Business Journal’s 2023 DEI Award, a Latinas First Foundation Trailblazer Award and 3 EPPY Editor & Publisher Awards for Best Spanish News Website under 1M visitors.