Pablo Cerdera is a Restorative Justice (RJ) Practitioner and Educator and the Deputy Director of Restorative Practices at the University of Pennsylvania, where they have served since February 2020. They live on the Indigenous territory known as Lenapehoking, the traditional homelands of the Lenape or Delaware People, in what is now called West Philadelphia. Growing up as a middle child in a cross-cultural, cross-class, and multifaith Spanish and Jewish home, Pablo developed their conflict and communications skills at a young age.

They began their professional work at Legal Rights Center in Minneapolis and have volunteered or worked as an RJ practitioner with Restorative Justice Community Action, Conflict Resolution Center, and Good Shepherd Mediation Program, and sit on the board of Let’s Circle Up. Pablo has provided in-depth training and consulting services at Yale, Princeton, Drexel, Haverford and numerous community organizations. Pablo is a contributing author to "Applying Restorative Justice to Campus Sexual Misconduct" edited by Kaaren Williamsen and Erik Wessel. They are committed to sharing the restorative approach and firmly believe in the power to transform harm, promote meaningful accountability, and develop strong and healthy communities through this approach.