As an influx of Latinos arrives in Toronto, business opportunities abound for the burgeoning population of Latin American entrepreneurs. The Toronto Hispanic Chamber of Commerce strives to meet the needs of the city’s existing and incoming Hispanic professionals.
Jose Luis Prado says that the first step to joining a board is to be an indispensable leader. “Be a valuable player to your company on your own, without your ethnicity coming into the picture,” he says. “You must always take risks, learn new skills, and push yourself out of your comfort zone.”
Sara Martinez Tucker serves as a guest lecturer for a Leadership and Social Change class at Notre Dame, where she is able to provide advice for seniors studying political science.
Ignacio R. Veloz earned his stripes on the sales floor of the family supermarket, where he worked his way up from bagger to general manager before leaving to start a company on the brink of global expansion
Selling out Maná shows and overseeing the likes of Shakira and Ricky Martin have all been part of Rebeca León’s day job. Here she shares with HE her climb to becoming one of the entertainment industry’s most powerful players.
She flies through the corporate world with the greatest of ease—first an investment banker, then a marketer, now at the director level of one of the world’s largest hotel and leisure companies. She’s Wendy Vividor, the mastermind behind NYC’s Spider-Man Week, one of the city’s largest entertainment partnerships.
Dr. David López, inspired by the vision of Dr. Roberto Cruz, works toward a vision of higher education for Hispanics at The National Hispanic University