ABIGAIL ZAPOTE

Abigail is the Executive Director for Latinos for a Secure Retirement where she leads a coalition of national Latino organizations to advocate for Social Security, Medicare, increased pension access and greater financial literacy for Latinos of all ages. Abigail has a life-long passion for social justice which emerged through her experiences as a Dreamer and the 22-year process of gaining U.S. Citizenship.  

Abigail’s work at LSR includes organizing grassroots events to bring financial literacy and retirement readiness programs to Millennial Latinos and Latino families, testifying in congress as an advocate for Latinos on topics surrounding Social Insurance, and hosting summits to bring together Latino leaders, policy stakeholders and congressional members. Abigail also serves on the Executive Board of the Democratic National Committee’s Senior Coordinating Council.  

Prior to her time at Latinos for a Secure Retirement, Abigail was a national board member at the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) in the role of National VP for Young Adults. At LULAC she was a national spokeswoman for Dreamer initiatives, women’s reproductive rights, and student voter engagement. In the past, Abigail has worked as a campaign consultant for Battleground Solutions and in the Office of Diversity and Community Engagement at the University of Texas at Dallas. 

DARRYL D. MORIN

Darryl D. Morin is the President and CEO of Advanced Wireless, Inc. (AWI) providing unified enterprise mobility (UEM) solutions to corporations, schools and healthcare providers. These solutions include wireless LAN, wireless voice-over-IP, mobile computing and wireless intrusion prevention technologies. AWI serves hundreds of customers in 50 states in addition to Puerto Rico, and in thirteen countries around the globe. These customers include Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Crate and Barrel, Rockwell Automation, MilliporeSigma, True Value Hardware and more. 

In addition to his professional responsibilities, Mr. Morin is committed to serving others. Through Advanced Wireless, Inc., he created AWI’s “Wireless School Initiative”. This initiative has already provided over $850,000 worth of WLAN equipment and technical services to schools in Southeastern Wisconsin. Darryl has also brought in over $1,000,000 in additional grants to Wisconsin to improve academic outcomes for children in low income areas. 

Mr. Morin has visited with numerous presidents, foreign heads of state, legislative leaders and cabinet secretaries to discuss and advise on such issues as education, economic development, healthcare and immigration. Mr. Morin has given national interviews on ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX News, MSNBC, Telemundo and Univision Channels and has been quoted in publications ranging from the New York Times, Washington Post, Journal-Sentinel and more.   

In addition, Mr. Morin serves as National President of Forward Latino, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Hmong American Peace Academy (K-12 charter school), Board Secretary of Employ Milwaukee, is a Co-Founder of the Justice for Immigrants Committee of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Co-Founder of the Latino-Jewish Alliance, Co-Founder of the Community Coalition for Quality Policing, Co-Founder of the 80% Coalition Against Gun Violence, serves on the Boards of the Jewish Museum of Milwaukee, the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, and is a member of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Hispanic Professionals of Greater Milwaukee and the Advisory Board of La Casa de Esperanza. For his efforts, Mr. Morin has received numerous local, state and national awards for his volunteer work and was named the 2019 BizJournal Diversity Champion, UMOS Hispanic Man of the Year, HPGM Community Service Leader of the Year, name to United Way of Greater Milwaukee Philanthropic Five, named a State of Wisconsin “Friend of Education,” 2019 Milwaukee Business Journal Diversity Award, and was awarded the LULAC Cesar Chavez Award and more. 

Mr. Morin is a graduate of the University of North Texas where he was awarded a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration. Most importantly, Mr. Morin is a proud husband and father of two sons. 

MARIA LOPEZ

Maria is a Milwaukee-based attorney specializing in family and humanitarian-based immigration law.