2026 Commencement Speaker Gregory Nava
Gregory Nava is an award-winning director, filmmaker, and screenwriter. His first Academic Award (Oscar) nomination was in 1983 for the best original screenplay for His breakthrough film was , starring Jennifer Lopez in the biopic about the famed pop star, which he both wrote and directed. It was nominated for a Golden Globe and MTV Movie awards and In 2006, he produced, wrote, and directed the film , based on true events, is a political thriller about a in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. It stars Jennifer Lopez as a Chicago-based reporter who follows the story.