Carlos Andrés Gómez

Carlos Andrés Gómez is an International Book Award-winning author, speaker, poet, and DEIA strategist with more than two decades of experience.

He has delivered keynotes and done engagements at more than 1,000 colleges, universities, independent schools, and companies in 47 U.S. states and 26 countries, collaborated with John Legend on a project to counteract bullying, co-starred in the Spike Lee film “Inside Man” with Denzel Washington, and drew a standing ovation at the Obama White House.

A former social worker and public school teacher, Carlos is a passionate advocate for healthy masculinity and making schools and companies more equitable, inclusive, and accessible. He is also the author of the poetry collection “Fractures” (selected by Pulitzer Prize winner and 19th U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey as the winner of the Felix Pollak Prize) and the memoir “Man Up: Reimagining Modern Manhood” (Penguin Random House, 2012). A star of HBO’s “Def Poetry Jam,” you may recognize Carlos from his viral poems, “What Latino Looks Like,” “Where are you really from?” and others, which have garnered more than 10 million views online. Carlos has been tapped to keynote, act as a brand spokesperson, create original commissionings, and facilitate trainings for several major brands and organizations, including Microsoft, Pepsi, Unilever, Facebook, Goldman Sachs, the White House, Expo 2020 Dubai, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Macy’s, and many others.

A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College, Carlos was named 2021 Georgia Author of the Year, 2016 Best Diversity Artist by Campus Activities Magazine, and Artist of the Year at the 2009 Promoting Outstanding Writers Awards. He is a proud Colombian American and father of two.

Keynotes available:

Reimagining Modern Manhood

Care & Community: At the Intersection of Wellness & Belonging

Recharge! How to Motivate your Team & Cultivate Compelling Leadership