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Hispanic Executive

Hispanic Executive Staff represents the editorial team behind Hispanic Executive's coverage of the leaders, organizations, and ideas shaping the future of business. Through executive profiles, feature stories, news, and thought leadership, the team is dedicated to delivering accurate, engaging journalism that celebrates Latino leadership while exploring the trends, innovations, and conversations driving today's business landscape.

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Oscar Garcia Offers Financial Empowerment to the Underbanked

Oscar Garcia’s earliest memories are of picking strawberries. He recalls one day watching a yellow…

Phyllis Barajas Helps Conexiónistas Build Their Social Capital

To whom much is given, much is expected. This belief is ingrained in Phyllis Barajas…

How Tom Garcia Battles Piracy for Deckers Brands

Fake fashion—it’s just a harmless way to sport a label that might otherwise be unaffordable,…

Liliana Canedo Wants Latinos to Grow Financially, Juntos

Statistically, Latinos have less financial literacy than the rest of the United States’ adult population.…

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Manny Ochoa Transforms Retail on the Go

In China, more than half of the population pays for goods using nontraditional means such as…

Watch: Sol Trujillo on Cultural Identity

In part two of our three-part video series, Sol Trujillo discusses the rising influence of the US Latino population cohort, and how to change its cultural perception.

Toyota’s Five Compadres of San Antonio

What do you get when you take a lawyer, two multi-business entrepreneurs, a STEM expert,…

How Russ Calderon Went From Culture Shock to Compassionate Leader

At the age of seventeen, Russ Calderon experienced true adulthood for the first time when…

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Miguel Gastellum’s Education in Respect and Service

“I want young Mexican-American individuals to desire to lead businesses because there are examples of success. We need more business mentors reaching these individuals.”

Javier Rios Wagner Spray Tech
Javier Rios’s Road to Quality

A little more than sixteen hundred miles separates Chihuahua, Mexico, and Minneapolis, Minnesota. The former…

Claudia Ibarra: “Never Give Up”

“I felt like I was starting over all the time. It was difficult to show that my knowledge of laboratory science was better than my English.”

Nuno Dias Andrade Is Financing Projects Wherever There Is Wind and Sun

  Nuno Dias Andrade surprised his parents when he started asking questions about Portugal’s gross…

Eric Batista Creates a Bright Future for the Youth of Worcester

“I can feel younger eyes on me. I want to mentor them as much as I can.”

Franke Rodriguez Stays Humble and Hungry

Franke Rodriguez remembers the teacher who first sparked his curiosity and ambition: Mr. Brandt, whom…

Fender’s Instruments Make Musicians “Fly”—Sal Montes Makes Sure of It

Sal Montes is quite clear about what Fender is aiming for: “We want to be…

Embracing a Proactive Perspective

Such is the pragmatic perspective of James Gallegos, vice president and general counsel of Madison, Wisconsin-based Alliant Energy Corporation. The seasoned executive talks to HE about the collaborative attitude he brings to his multifaceted role.

Maria Elena Salinas, Leading Latina 2019
Voz y Voto: Maria Elena Salinas

“I’m beginning to understand what it means to be independent … that I can do whatever I want. I want to work on projects that advance my interests. I opened up a production company and I’m in the process of exploring all the different possibilities.”

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Ally Bank’s Matthew Soto is Disrupting the Banking Industry

Shortly after Matthew Soto signed up with Ally Bank in 2008, he got cold feet.…

Guest Editor Magda Yrizarry: “We all have biases”

A Latina talent advocate, Yrizarry works to educate thousands on unconscious bias at Verizon, and clears the way for diverse talent to succeed in tech, one of the fastest-growing industries in America today. In this, her guest editor’s letter for our talent issue, she talks candidly about understanding our biases, modeling inclusive behaviors, and more.

Watch: Sol Trujillo on Greatness

In part one of this three-part video series, legendary businessman and star of our Issue 1, 2019 cover, Sol Trujillo, talks about establishing a path to greatness.