
Professor Ana Maria Araújo Freire (“Nita Freire”) – Paulo Freire’s Widow and Distinguished President of the 2nd International Conference Paulo Freire: The Global Legacy.

Miguel González Arroyo – Emeritus Professor at Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil.

Nilma Lino Gomes – Distinguished Professor at Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil. Secretary of Politics for Promoting Racial Equality (SEPIR), in 2015, and Secretary of Women, Racial Equality, Youth, and Human Rights (2015-2016) during the mandate of President Dilma Rousseff who was victim of a coward coup d’etat in 2016.