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Café con Community

Ivonne Fernandez uses café con leche as a multicultural outreach tool for AARP in Florida

Business is a Beautiful Thing

Following what some would consider the “right path,” Mexico City-native Sofia Escamilla attended a good…

A Plan For Tomorrow

As CEO of Storeroom Solutions, Carlos Tellez focuses on growth while retaining the company culture

Never Settling for the Humdrum

Restaurateur Arturo Gomez continues to set the scene in the Windy City with tequila cantina ¡Ay Chiwowa!

Diana Abril molds her love for travel and law to craft her dream career

Diana Abril has managed to marry her love of travel and law into her dream job: general counsel for Whitney International University System

Pursuing a Balance of Excellence

Marie Diaz left a Fortune 500 company to launch her own HR company and focus on her family

Is it more difficult as a Latina to break through the glass ceiling?

Alexandra Loria Du VernetDirectorBarclays Career progression to arrive at the most senior levels continues to…

Lizzy Feliciano is privy to the world’s largest database of legal and public-record information

Lizzy Feliciano on making LexisNexis more than just a database

Hispanic Executive Honors Spring Cover Star Nelson A. Diaz

On April 20th, Hispanic Executive toasted to the incredible accomplishments of the Honorable Nelson A. Diaz—HE‘s spring cover star and beloved Philadelphia legal pioneer.

Modern Familia

Tony Rico keeps La Gran Familia Goya healthy and happy by implementing new ideas and technologies as director of HR for Goya Foods, Inc.

The Tweet Life

Brandy Contreras is helping build Twitter’s global reach, from the inside out.

“An airline without accurate financial information is like a pilot who can’t see where he’s going.”

Edmundo Miranda keeps Spirit Airlines soaring as the ultra-low-fare carrier’s VP and corporate controller. “We never forget that we are ultra-low cost,” he says. “We think about it every time we take out our own trash to save money on housekeeping.”

New Mexico native keeps the pulse of his community

J. Alex Valdez keeps the pulse of his New Mexico community as the leader of CHRISTUS St. Vincent hospital. “You always have to look forward to brighter and better days, and be passionate about what you do and why you’re doing it,” he says.

The Man, The Legend, The Lesson

Judge Nelson Diaz came from humble beginnings in Harlem to become the first Latino judge in Pennsylvania.

“We said we wouldn’t have layoffs and we didn’t.”

Gracie Inacay keeps Harris Associates LP committed to its employees. “When I know who the players are throughout the organization and what needs to get done, I can be a strategic partner to management and an advocate for employees,” she says.

Campus Crusader

As director of diversity relations and head of campus recruitment for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Martin Rodriguez is able to continue his college experience.

Energized by an “audacious vision,” David Guzmán helms an ambitious IT plan for an industry in flux.

H. D. Smith’s David Guzmán leads an ambitious IT plan to innovate the pharmaceutical industry.

A Preventative-Medicine Philosophy

As VP of HR for ATI Physical Therapy, Lisa Gutierrez busts the myth of HR as a non-revenue-making role, noting it is actually “revenue saving.”

The Talent Generator

Elizabeth Muñoz Rodriguez sets her sights high. “Through my work in the talent field, I hope to help change the face of business leaders of the future to better reflect the diverse face of America today,” she says.

“My job is to translate the expertise of my business colleagues into the language of policymakers.”

Omar Vargas employs what he learned in law school on Capitol Hill—but when negotiating with Latin American officials, nothing’s as valuable as Vargas’s heritage

Can you hear me now?

Verizon’s Al Torres shares with HE why making time to talk is the best quality a leader in the telecommunications industry can have.