TonyRosaSpeaks 

 

 

Tony DelaRosa (he/siya) 

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Tony is an award-winning Author, Keynote Speaker, Poet, and Sociologist of Race and Education Policy. He holds a BA in Asian Studies at the University of Cincinnati, a Masters in Arts Education and Non-Profit Management from Harvard University, and is currently completing his PhD in Education Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 

 

Research:

He researches Southeast Asian American Policy Advocacy, Afro-Asian Racialization and Solidarity, and Ethnic Studies movements, funded by the UW-Madison EdGRS Fellowship, the OCA-Wisconsin Graduate Leadership Fellowship, the UW-Madison Education Policy Engagement Grant, the UCEA Barbara Jackson Scholarship, and the NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship. His dissertation tells the story of Act 266 through Oral Histories and Document Analysis, where he is building an Oral History archive of Hmong and Asian American policy advocacy in partnership with the Wisconsin Historical Society. 

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Outside of education research, Tony co-investigates the USAP Tayo Lab at the Center for Healthy Minds at UW-Madison, in partnership with FilExcellence, where he studies the relationship between politics and the well-being of Filipina/x/o Americans, using Kapwa theory and Kuwentuhan as a method. 

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Keynote Speaking & Public Pedagogy: 

Tony is regularly called on to speak at both public and private events to light up the room, change perspective and culture, and leave audience members with a sense of hope. He writes for the Hechinger Report (Columbia University) and Mochi Magazine. In his speaking, he weaves in spoken word poetry as an artistic tool to ground each space with emotion and to open up space for vulnerability and radical imagination. ​

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Consulting, Entrepreneurship, & Capacity Building: 

He co-founded NYC's first Asian American teacher support, development, and retention initiative called AATEND under NYC Men Teach and the NYC Department of Education. He recently launched the NYC Men Teach Innovate for Health Equity Fellowship to educate teacher-leaders on community-engaged teaching and research practices.

 

Coaching and Human Development: 

As Today, he coaches CEOs and Principals on crafting and refining their short-term and long-term racial equity strategy. Lastly, he authored the debut book "Teaching the Invisible Race," which was a Finalist for the 2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards and 2024 IPPY Silver Medal Awardee. 

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Awards and Recognition: 

For his work, he has received the 2021 INSPIRE Award from the National Association of Asian American Professionals and was named one of Wisconsin's Most Influential Asian American Leaders by Madison 365 News. He has been featured in NBC, Harvard Ed Magazine, the Smithsonian, CNN, and elsewhere. 

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Follow him on Instagram at @TonyRosaSpeaks.