Keynote Speaker: Representative Daneya Esgar

A Pueblo native, with a proven track record of fighting for Pueblo, Daneya Esgar, has been a Colorado State Representative for House District 46 since 2015.

A graduate of Pueblo City Schools and Colorado State University-Pueblo, Esgar has worked her entire career to better this community: whether advocating for Pueblo news as a television news producer; working with first-generation university or community college students; or, as a community organizer focusing on communities of poverty and communities of color in Pueblo.

Esgar has taken her leadership to the capitol, serving as House Democratic Caucus Chair and on four committees: Chair of Capital Development, Vice-Chair of Health, Insurance, and Environment, and a member of Transportation and Energy as well as Agriculture, Livestock, and Natural Resources. She is well known for her ambitious and bipartisan approach and proudly passed 15 laws in her first term on issues of conservation, employment, health care, criminal justice reform, and equality.