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Rub\u00e9n Cant\u00fa Rub\u00e9n Cantu is an award-winning entrepreneur, filmmaker, professor, and social impact leader dedicated to building bridges between purpose and possibility. Born and raised in Austin, Texas, and a proud alumnus of Austin Community College, Rub\u00e9n has spent his life creating opportunities for others to thrive.<\/span><\/p>\n As the founder of LMNTS, the Frontera Leadership Institute, and several successful nonprofits, Rub\u00e9n has empowered thousands of emerging leaders to unlock their potential. His work has been recognized by the City of Austin, the United Nations, and President Biden for advancing equity, entrepreneurship, and innovation on a global scale. With a career spanning music, film, education, and community development, Rub\u00e9n continues to champion the belief that anyone \u2014 no matter where they start \u2014 can become a force for change.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.24.3″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”300px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.24.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_divider color=”#4D1979″ _builder_version=”4.24.3″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Rub\u00e9n Cant\u00faFounder & CEO, LMNTS Rub\u00e9n Cantu is an award-winning entrepreneur, filmmaker, professor, and social impact leader dedicated to building bridges between purpose and possibility. Born and raised in Austin, Texas, and a proud alumnus of Austin Community College, Rub\u00e9n has spent his life creating opportunities for others to thrive. As the founder of LMNTS, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4271,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2355","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/campaigns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/campaigns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/campaigns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/campaigns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4271"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/campaigns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/campaigns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2355\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/campaigns\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Founder & CEO, LMNTS<\/span><\/p>\n