Camilo A. Romero

Thoughtful educator and passionate advocate dedicated to creating a more just and healthy world. Rooted in community stewardship with extensive organizing, lawyering, and teaching experience. Committed to empowerment through creative storytelling and critical education.

Board Member, Resource Generation (2006-2009)

Executive Board Member, Law Alumni of Color Association (LACA), NYU Law (2010-Present)

Licensed Minister, Universal Life Church & American Marriage Ministries (2014-Present)

Elected Chair, Mentorship Committee, Young Lawyers Section, New York State Bar Association (2020-Present)

Board Member, LEAD InterGenerational Solutions (2021-Present)

Bill & Melinda Gates Millennium Scholar (2004)

Kenneth Priestley University-Wide Leadership & Service Award (2004)

The Nation Magazine Kopkind Fellow (2005)

Root-Tilden-Kern Public Interest Scholar (2009-2012)

SALEF “Fulfilling Our Dreams” Scholar (2009)

BLAPA Alumni Association Derrick Bell Public Interest Award (2010)

Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans Scholar (2010-2012)

Puerto Rican Bar Association Scholar (2010)

Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund Scholar (2010)

NYU Law Excellence in Public Service Graduation Prize (2012)

Hispanic National Bar Association “Student Group of the Year” Award to Metro LALSA (2014)

New American Leaders Project “Ready to Lead” Fellow (2016)

“40 Under 40” NYU Alumni Advocates Award (2018)

"Coke: The New Nike" (The Nation, 2005): https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/coke-new-nike/

"Camilo versus Coca-Cola in Colombia" Youth Justice Feature (Fellowship of Reconciliation, 2006)

"Gente de Bien" Feature (El Diario/La Prensa, 2006)

"The Passionate Activist" (NYU Law, 2010): https://blogs.law.nyu.edu/magazine/2010/camilo-romero-12-profile/

“Most Influential Student: The Advocate” (Washington Square News, 2011): https://issuu.com/nyu.news/docs/influential2011/

Define American Feature (Ambulante California Film Festival, 2015): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uh9twaTX75M

"ReGeneración, la fundación que busca promover el proceso de paz en su país" (Univision, 2017): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9e431Sm4G4

"Colombia y la paz" (WLRN, 2018): https://twitter.com/i/status/956951767174074368

"Poderosas Mural Pays Homage to Latinas!" (Slingshot, 2020): https://www.gabrielsanroman.com/post/slingshot-poderosas-mural-in-costa-mesa-pays-homage-to-latinas

"Contributions of influential Latina women brighten Costa Mesa mural" (OC Register, 2020): https://www.ocregister.com/2020/10/12/contributions-of-influential-latina-women-brighten-new-costa-mesa-mural/

"Costa Mesa art project celebrates the impact of powerful Latinas known as ‘poderosas’" (LA Times, 2020): https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/story/2020-10-13/costa-mesa-art-project-celebrates-the-impact-of-powerful-latinas-known-as-poderosas

NYU Alumni Profile: Camilo Romero '12 (NYU Connect, 2022): https://www.nyu.edu/alumni/news-publications/nyu-connect-newsletter/september-2022/camilo-romero.html

"Frances Muñoz, first Latina trial judge in California, dies at 92" (LA Times, 2022): https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-10-27/frances-munoz-first-latina-trial-judge-in-california-dead-at-92

"Costa Mesa mural honoring Poderosas defaced by vandal with white extremist messages" (LA Times, 2022): https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/story/2022-11-01/costa-mesa-mural-honoring-poderosas-defaced-by-vandal-with-white-extremist-messages

Native American & Colombian Indigenous Movements: UCB Ethnic Studies Department (Spring 2000)

Special Education & Learning “Disabilities”: UCB Sociology Department (Spring 2001)

40th Anniversary of “Bay of Pigs” (Cuba): UCB School of Journalism (Spring 2001)

Fair Trade Coffee Stewardship (Nicaragua): UCB College of Natural Resources (Winter 2001)

Chicano in the Battle of Saipan: UCB Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (Spring 2002)

Formalization of Street Vendors in Informal Economy (Perú): UCB Political Science Department (Summer 2002)

"¿Latino Identity!": Honors Senior Thesis, UCB Sociology Department (Academic Year 2002-2003)

Salsa Music Politics (Venezuela & Japan): McNair Scholars Program & Universidad Simón Bolívar (Summer 2003)

Race and Power in the Americas (Brazil): UCB African-American Studies Department (Summer 2004)

International Garment & Food Service Worker Report (13 Nations): USAS Publications (2005 & 2006)

Anti-Union State Violence with Lesley Gill (Colombia & USA): Against the Current Publication (2007)

"Canaries in the Classroom: Mental Health & Legal Education": NYU Law Clinical Note (2012)

"The Spirit of the Advocate: Spirituality & the Law": Ignatian Exercises with Padre Alejandro Angulo (2014)

"Agrarian Reform Towards Peace" (Colombia): CNA Communications (2015)

“Cuál es tu Paz, Pazcual?” Peace-Building Children’s Book Series: ReGeneración (2017)

“Poderosas” Coloring Books: ReGeneración (2020)

“May It Please the Soul: On the Practice of Law & Vulnerability”: Journal of Legal Education (2021)