{"id":1670,"date":"2024-02-28T09:36:26","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T17:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/?post_type=our_fellows&#038;p=1670"},"modified":"2024-12-18T12:28:10","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T20:28:10","slug":"leonora-light-walker","status":"publish","type":"our_fellows","link":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/our_fellows\/leonora-light-walker\/","title":{"rendered":"Leonora &#8220;Light&#8221; Walker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leonora &#8220;Light&#8221; Walker,<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a symbol of resilience and societal transformation, Walker emerged from incarceration and addiction to become a dynamic force for change. As the Founder and CEO of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedtexas.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FREED Texas<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a 501c3 nonprofit, she focuses on breaking the cycle of recidivism through education, employment, and divinity. Beyond FREED, she collaborates with organizations addressing homelessness, mental health, addiction, and re-entry challenges. Light&#8217;s impact extends to roles on the Child Welfare Board, Oversight Board for the Public Defender&#8217;s Office, and a member of Bexar County Re-entry Board. Recognized as a Nationally Designated Peer Support Specialist, she has held esteemed positions, including Vice President of the National Society Leadership &amp; Success, New Leadership Council 2023, and participation in the Notley Change Makers Fellowship in 2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","focus_area":[],"expertise":[],"class_list":["post-1670","our_fellows","type-our_fellows","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/our_fellows\/1670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/our_fellows"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/our_fellows"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"focus_area","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/focus_area?post=1670"},{"taxonomy":"expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspenglobalinnovators.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/expertise?post=1670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}