Rose-Ann Aragon is a proud Emmy award-winning Filipina American storyteller with a firm belief in the power of storytelling. She graduated summa cum laude at Illinois for Broadcast Journalism. Working for Microsoft as an Innovation Storytelling Communications Manager, Rose-Ann’s work and purpose resonates with the tech company’s overall mission: to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. Rose-Ann and her team lead innovation storytelling and strategy at Microsoft. Inclusion and trust are pillars of their work. Rose-Ann believes there is no single path to building, strengthening and empowering a community: voices and stories can create the ripples of change. She is currently leading Microsoft’s programming for Level Up, a local program dedicated to improving inclusion, equity, and increasing diverse representation in tech, focusing on student development and mentorship. Rose-Ann creates storytelling and public speaking workshops to empower student voices. On behalf of Microsoft, she is also programming for ColorComm, the nation’s leading women’s platform addressing D&I across communications and media.

 

Rose-Ann was previously KPRC2’s Space Reporter and led KPRC's committee dedicated to increasing diverse and community-driven storytelling. As a multimedia journalist and fill-in anchor, Rose-Ann pursued stories from all walks of life, inspiring hope and humanity. She led her own award-winning series on education and safety and told stories from all over the world: live NASA rocket launches, the Tokyo Winter Olympics in Japan, the Astros’ journeys to the World Series, and sitting down with a U.S. president on immigration. Her reporting was awarded a Telly, Lone Star, Edward R. Murrow, and Emmy award.

 

Rose-Ann loves Texas and enjoys serving however she can. She leads workshops, moderates and emcees for non-profits like APAHA, HOPE Clinic, Big Brothers Big Sisters, PACCTX and others. Rose-Ann is an advisor and former Programming Director of UniPro Texas, founding its core Lumikha arts storytelling event. Before coming to Texas, she co-founded UniPro Chicago and co-directed FACT, the Midwest’s largest Fil-Am collegiate conference. She is proud to call Texas home.