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Noel Castellanos

Born in Texas and raised in California, Noel has dedicated his career to serving Latino communities across the United States as a youth worker, pastor, community developer, and advocate for biblical justice since 1982. He spent three decades in Chicago, specifically in the La Villita neighborhood, where he also authored several books on biblical justice and community engagement. Dr. Castellanos led the Christian Community Development ...

Jean-Luc Krieg

Born and raised in Côte d'Ivoire and of Swiss-German descent, Jean-Luc is a social entrepreneur and minister focused on urban transformation. After earning a degree in Education in Switzerland, traveling across Latin America, and living in an urban poor neighborhood in Mexico City and Zurich’s redlight district, he moved to Philadelphia in 1997 to pursue graduate studies. In 2002, he earned an MBA in International ...

Insightful thought leadership on urban poverty, migration, and mission in Latin America and among Latino immigrants.