Get an inside look at the Hispanic IT Executive Council (HITEC). Plus, three HITEC members have a candid roundtable discussion with HE on the barriers and opportunities for Latinos in the IT industry.
Led by Rita Benavides and Francisco Rausa, the affinity group at Baxter helps the health-care company engage and retain its Latino employees, plus connect with surrounding Latino communities.
Lourdes Arocho, VP of toys and games for Nickelodeon Consumer Products, discusses the serious side of play. “The business of toys is a serious business like any other,” she says.
Dozens of Latinos thrive in high-level executive positions in the entertainment industry today—a stark change from as little as 15 years ago. This advancement is partly due to the The Imagen Foundation and it’s fearless leader, Helen Hernandez.
Committed to helping Latinos reach the American dream, Kansas-native Janet Murguía leads NCLR in its efforts to provide services for Hispanics to address their education, health, home-ownership, and workforce-development needs.
Hector Vallejo breaks down how he’s helped drill into the Hispanic construction segment as multicultural marketing manager for Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
Overseeing ADS Seafood and Sea Delight’s sustainability efforts, Adriana Sanchez-Lindsay is making sure her father’s business continues to sail toward a bright horizon.
As part of MasterCard’s US multicultural marketing team, LaKisha Garcia, director of US marketing for MasterCard Worldwide, spends her days developing programs that provide multicultural audiences with information about flexible and reliable payments tools.
As managing director of Viacom’s Americas division, Sofia Ioannou oversees business and creative development for entertainment brands such as MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon.
With recent critical acclaim for boundary-pushing plays such as El Nogalar, Chicago playwright Tanya Saracho has emerged as a powerhouse in American and Latino theater alike, and she’s using her newfound fame to challenge stereotypes of what it means to be a Latina.