Envisioning Justice Breaking Bread Series with Flor Esquivel

M.A., Administrative Director for Illinois Coalition for Higher Education in Prison Institute on Public Safety & Social Justice, Doctoral Student, Educational Leadership, DePaul University 

Flor Esquivel is a strategic, equity-driven engagement leader whose work bridges education, public policy, and community advocacy. She has led mission-aligned initiatives across nonprofit, public, and private institutions, building and scaling programs that center community voice, foster cross-sector collaboration, and deliver sustainable impact, including higher education in prisons and reentry pathways. 

Flor currently serves as the LSC Chair at Lakeview High School and is a Board Member of Centro Sanar, which supports community-based mental health access for immigrant and Latinx communities. She is pursuing a Doctorate in Educational Leadership (Higher Education) at DePaul University, where her scholarship explores the experiences of adolescent Latino males navigating the high school system.

Grounded in a relational, systems-thinking approach to mass incarceration and crimmigration, Flor Esquivel highlights how education, public policy, healing practices, and cultural history intersect to shape belonging, opportunity, and collective resilience.