LIVE from the 2026 Lumina Foundation State Policy Retreat - with ⁠⁠Cindy Nava⁠, Senator & Majority Whip,⁠ New Mexico State Senate⁠, & ⁠Deborah Santiago⁠, Co-founder & CEO, ⁠Excelencia in Education⁠

<p>It&#39;s YOUR time to #EdUp with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindy-nava-77245b32/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Cindy Nava</strong></a>, Senator &amp; Majority Whip,<a href="https://www.nmlegis.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong> New Mexico State Senate</strong></a>, District 9, &amp; <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah-santiago-exed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Deborah Santiago</strong></a>, Co-founder &amp; CEO, <a href="https://www.edexcelencia.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>Excelencia in Education</strong></a></p><p>In this episode, recorded LIVE from the 2026<a href="https://www.luminafoundation.org/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠<strong> Lumina Foundation</strong>⁠</a> State Policy Retreat in Philadelphia, </p><p>YOUR host is <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/elvinfreytes/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/joesallustio/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠</a><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjodiblinco/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠<strong>Dr. Jodi Blinco</strong>⁠</a></p><ul><li>What happens when a former DACA recipient makes history in the New Mexico State Senate?</li><li>Why is there a difference between enrolling a Latino student &amp; actually serving them?</li><li>How do you lead without losing sight of why you started?</li></ul><p>Listen in to #EdUp</p><p>Thank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp!</p><p>Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - <strong>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ </strong><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/elvinfreytes/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠<strong>⁠⁠⁠⁠Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ </strong>⁠</a>&amp; <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/joesallustio/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ <strong>Dr. Joe Sallustio⁠⁠⁠⁠</strong>⁠</a></p><p>● Join YOUR EdUp community at <a href="https://www.edupexperience.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠<strong>The EdUp Experience</strong>⁠</a></p><p>We make education YOUR business!</p><p><strong>P.S. </strong>Want access to early ad-free episodes, &amp; to the only intelligence platform built exclusively from presidential conversations in higher ed? Well, we have an app for that!</p><p>Join <a href="https://edupleadership.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠<strong>EdUp Leadership</strong>⁠