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Mileyka Burgos-Flores, MA (she/her/hers)

CEO
Allapattah Collaborative, CDC
Miami, Florida

Mileyka Burgos-Flores is a Dominican-American activist and founding executive director of The Allapattah Collaborative, CDC, a local nonprofit organization aimed at revitalizing the commercial corridor of Little Santo Domingo while preserving and expanding the area's cultural authenticity. In addition to mitigating the pressures of climate gentrification, her leadership focuses on implementing placemaking techniques to foster identity,promoting strategies that support, train, and empower small businesses to thrive, and advocating for policies/procedures that support equitable, and sustainable community development. She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Miami and a master's degree from Florida International University. She has been an advocate for valuing the contributions and experiences of Latino immigrants, as well as the preservation of culture in cultural enclaves under the principles of access, equity, representation, inclusion, and upward mobility. Mileyka is a Fulcrum Fellow at the Center for Community Investment, where she focuses on establishing models to prevent displacement and improve wealth creation for marginalized groups. She is a fellow of the University of South Florida Community Real Estate Development; Miami's New Leaders Council; Radical Partner's Leadership Lab Neighborhood Heroes; University of Miami Community Scholars in Affordable Housing, and a fellow of the NALCAB' Economic and Community Development Program.

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