Eddie González-Novoa

  • Executive Director, Public Allies New York
  • Adjunct Faculty, Bank Street College
  • Co-founder, Jumpstart New York
  • Founding Trustee, Invictus Prep Charter School
  • Advisory Board, Princeton University Office of Religious Life
  • National Urban Fellows America's Leaders of Change (2012) | Echoing Green Fellow (1997)


As a child I wanted to be a rodeo clown and/or bishop.
Instead I became a gymnast, scholar, dancer, preacher, preschool teacher, play therapist, social entrepreneur, trainer, after school educator, gospel singer, HIV prevention specialist, diversity consultant, teen (role) model, teacher of teachers, trainer of trainers, grad school instructor, retreat facilitator, staff developer, uncle, storyteller, world traveler, star trekker, Brooklynite, Harlemite, nonprofit exec and community leader.

Life is too short not to choose "All of the above."
And it's too long not to wear more than one hat.