Honorary Guest
Mayor Rachel Streitfeld, Esq.
Streitfeild is the mayor of North Bay Village. She was born and raised in South Florida. She majored in Middle Eastern Studies and Political Science at The George Washington University. Initially intending to become a diplomat, Rachel studied Arabic and spent a semester living in Cairo, where she attended the American University and lived on the Nile River. Rachel is now an attorney practicing law in the areas of land use, zoning, the environment, local government, and climate adaptation. She is a die-hard Miami Heat fan, a PADI-certified scuba diver, and every once in a while, she enjoys an escape to chase waterfalls in western North Carolina
Panelists
Joshua E. Jomarron
chairs the board of the Social Impact Movement. In Miami, he launched Ripple Impact Strategies, a boutique consulting firm to help social enterprises and nonprofits with funding and scaling. Additionally, he serves on the Young Professional Boards of Junior Achievement Miami and Casa Familia. As the Co-founder of Key to Knowledge, Joshua has significantly improved educational opportunities for over 450 students in Guatemala, Honduras, Cuba, Venezuela, and Puerto Rico.
Scarlet Lanzas
is a nonprofit executive working with public and private agencies, nonprofits, and humanitarian organizations. As Chief Community Officer at Emergent Global Investments, she focuses on the development of Environmental, Social, and Governance metrics, research and development of technology, and financial services on impact investing. Scarlett is also the founder of Accountable Impact and a co-founder of the Social Impact Movement. Additionally, she is an ambassador of Hispanic Star.
Theresa Pinto
is the co-founder, staff attorney, and policy analyst for People’s Economic and Environmental Resiliency Group, a nonprofit law firm working for environmental justice and community sustainability in the Greater Miami region. She is faculty and the Director for Civic Engagement at the Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy at the University of Miami. Formerly, she was an environmental scientist researching evolutionary ecology in symbiotic fungal systems at FIU and at Berkeley.
Juliana Gorina
is a J.D. candidate at the University of Miami School of Law and serves as a law clerk. As an intern at the University of Miami Center for Ethics and Public Service, she supported projects at the intersection of environmental justice, policy, and public interest. Committed to climate resilience and community advocacy, her work aligns with the school’s Environmental Justice Clinic and reflects a growing focus on policy-driven solutions for local environmental challenges.