Education
UM’s Sergio Gonzalez played a lead role in the $1.4-billion fundraising campaign Momentum, which ended in 2007. Gonzalez is now nearing the end of a second campaign, Momentum2, with a target of raising $1.6 billion by 2016 for medical research and to increase financial aid. Hispanic Executive sits down with Gonzalez to catch up on how Momentum2 is going and talk about the impact it will have on the Florida’s top college.
Life-long Latina advocate Phyllis Barajas launched Conexión with the simple but lofty goal of elevating Latino leaders, and success was her only option
One organization dismantles the barriers to higher education for first-generation Hispanic-Americans.
Elizabeth Oliver-Farrow explains what the most enterprising demographic must do to become staid businessowners.
Israel Vargas is connecting to at-risk Chicagoans to help them get off the path he once went down.
Anna Solley is devoted to equipping Hispanics with the most powerful tool.
Diane Lopez defends Harvard and affirmative action’s diversifying impact on the school.
What drew you to the field of sociology, and particularly, studying Hispanics? An internship for…
As a Latina dean of law, Jennifer Rosato is one of a kind. She’s working to change that statistic.
Maria Harper-Marinick, chancellor and provost of Maricopa Community college, is determined to open the door of higher education to as many students as possible
How Jesse Torres of Texas State University creates win-win partnerships
between industry and education
Cynthia Telles’s passion for board work is a natural extension of her passion for service. She views her recent appointment to GM as an opportunity to revitalize the historic company.
Liberty University’s Christina Wade helps English-language learners find their stride.
In Silicon Valley, CA, the large Hispanic population is not reflected in the technological workforce of the region. The Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Silicon Valley leads the charge in improving this situation.