Speaker Jose Rosario is an empowerment speaker and a passionate advocate for people with disabilities. Using his insight and vision on life, Jose has created a space for enlightenment, growth, and powerful insight to connect all human beings as one, regardless of their circumstances. Jose unites audience members through the power of authenticity and living in your purest identity.
Why you should book speaker Jose Rosario
- He is an “unconventional,” mental health professional. Using data paired with vulnerability, speaker Jose Rosario reaches audience members on different levels of enlightenment.
- He uses his “disability” to connect to individuals throughout the world. Speaker Jose Rosario uses his circumstances to relate to audience members around the world.
- He enhances the human experience. Jose creates a space for humans to be seen, heard to honor one’s identity regardless of their plight.
“..It didn’t define my life and it doesn’t define who I am going to be, in fact, it gives me the gift to decide how i’m going to use my difference to connect with every single person in this room”- Speaker Jose Rosario.
As a premature baby, speaker José Rosario developed Cerebral Palsy after not breathing for eleven minutes and fifty-four seconds. Growing up with a wheelchair, José always felt different and was often frustrated from “standing out.
As a Latino, gay man who utilizes a wheelchair, speaker José Rosario felt judged for how he looked, whom he loved, and how he viewed the world. Growing up, he dedicated his time to make others feel safe and valued while searching for someone like him in the mental health discipline. For a long time, José did not think his story had a place in his work. However, after José shared his story with an audience for the first time, everything changed. He saw hope and gratitude reflected in those who have also felt unseen. Together, José and this audience created a space to be empowered to own their truths and honor their lives. From that moment, José decided never to stop sharing his truth boldly and vulnerably.
Rosario is a speaker, author and above all, an advocate. As a member of many diverse identity groups, speaker José Rosario recognizes that there are common experiences that can bring people together and that taking stock of who we are gives us power. As a mental health professional, José understands that this empowerment and the creation of a space to be vulnerable can lead to individual and group growth, awakening agents for change.
José is a Clinical Psychology Ph.D. student at Clark University where his work focuses on disparities in effective mental health care after violent events that target specific identity groups. In addition, he is the founder of The Phoenix Empowered, where he shares his story to inspire others to acknowledge their identities, share their stories, and empower those who are underrepresented to rise.
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