Tony DelaRosa (he/siya) is son to Pampangan & Caviteño immigrants. He is a father, husband, and an award-winning Filipino American Author, Spoken Word Poet, Educator, Coach, and Researcher. He holds a BA in Asian Studies at the University of Cincinnati, a M.Ed with a focus on Arts Education and Non-Profit Management from Harvard University, and is currently pursuing his PhD in Education Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin Madison. His research focuses on how ethnic studies and race-based policies and theories in education translate into effective practice grounded in a lens of Asian American & Filipino American critical theory.
For his work, he has received the 2021
INSPIRE Award from the National Association of Asian American Professionals, the 2023 Community Trailblazer Award with TAAF, and was named one of
Wisconsin's Top Asian American Leaders by Madison 365 News. He has been featured in
NBC,
Harvard Ed Magazine, the Smithsonian, CNN, and elsewhere.
He co-founded
NYC's first Asian American teacher support, development, and retention initiative called AATEND under NYC Men Teach, the NYC DOE, and Office of the Mayor. 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. Follow him on IG and Twitter at @TonyRosaSpeaks.
