Sergio Barajas

Sergio Barajas

Sergio Barajas is the executive director of the National Hispanic Construction Alliance, where he leads the organization’s work to expand capacity building, access to capital, and business opportunities for Hispanic contractors and construction professionals

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Pico y Pala by Sergio Barajas
Pico y Pala: Resizing the American Home

Building new homes is only part of the answer. Remodeling and reinvesting in existing housing is the next big opportunity for local contractors.

Pico y Pala by Sergio Barajas
Pico Y Pala: Why Hispanic-Owned Construction Firms Are Outpacing the Market

Hispanic-owned construction firms are growing faster than the market. Here’s how NHCA contractors can turn that momentum into lasting scale

Pico y Pala by Sergio Barajas
Pico Y Pala: It’s a Wrap! Now the Real Work Begins

AVANCE is over, but for the National Hispanic Construction Alliance the real work is just starting, with new partners, new chapters, and a Construction Village

Pico y Pala by Sergio Barajas
Pico Y Pala: The Workforce That Keeps Building America

This Labor Day, the Hispanic construction workforce deserves recognition—for its persistence through adversity and for the America it keeps building

Pico y Pala by Sergio Barajas
Pico Y Pala: The Excitement Is Building: NHCA at AVANCE Is Almost Here

NHCA at AVANCE Global arrives September 14–16 at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, where construction leaders will find sessions, capital access, and relationships

Pico y Pala by Sergio Barajas
Pico Y Pala: The Missing Middle Isn’t Just Housing—It’s Builders

The missing middle isn’t just housing—it’s builders. NHCA’s Build the Builder program is opening pathways for emerging contractors, tradespeople and developers

Pico y Pala by Sergio Barajas
Pico Y Pala: Still Standing, Still Believing

Two centuries after Francis Scott Key searched for a flag through the smoke, Hispanics are still rising—and still believing in America’s promise

Pico y Pala by Sergio Barajas
Pico Y Pala: Now You Know

Immigrants make up more than a quarter of America’s construction workforce and enforcement that stops distinguishing threats from builders puts the nation’s capacity to build at risk