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The great recession barrelled through the construction industry like a wrecking ball through a shanty. Luckily, Luis Spinola of Azteca-Omega Group is used to working with wrecking balls.
Growing up, Maria Camacho never heard her mother utter the phrase “I can’t.” It’s no wonder Camacho leads her IT team with the same relentless drive her mother exemplified.
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.
As managing partner for Valverde & Rowell, Hugo Valverde focuses on immigration law—a calling with very personal roots for the son of Peruvian immigrants.
ComEd’s resident jack-of-all-trades, Fidel Marquez, looks back on 30 years of getting results.
Not wanting to live in his father’s shadow in his native Caracas, Venezuela, Miguel A. Zaldivar Jr. accepted a position at a Miami law firm, which required him to go back to law school to earn a US law degree. Simultaneously, he struggled to build a client base, perfect his English-speaking skills, and prepare for the birth of his first child with his wife.
“It hit me very early on in my career that there were very few of us [Hispanics] in the health-care profession and that we needed to work together to address the health of our community,” says Dr. Elena Rios, president and CEO of the National Hispanic Medical Association.
Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Marcela Bailey details her climb up the ladder in her company from entry-level accounting clerk to divisional CIO.
Blending legal prowess with business savvy, Juanita Rodriguez, general counsel of BN Capital Holdings, pushes past barriers.
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.
Committed to helping others, Ileana Hernandez felt instantly at home at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, a firm that actually encourages each partner to perform at least 30 hours of pro bono work per year. Most staff members, like Hernandez, double or triple that number.
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As the first Latino director of NASA’s John H. Glenn Research Center, Ramon “Ray” Lugo makes history.
With her eye on the prize and a strategy for how to get there, Melanie Montenegro blazes her own trail to the general counsel seat at Spanish Broadcasting System.
NBCUniversal’s Valerie Barreiro gives a behind-the-scenes peek at the legal world of reality television.
As the head of Express Scripts, George Paz is focused on improving the health-care delivery system in the United States.
Manuel Tavárez rebuilds his pallet business from scratch after a devastating fire and experiences exponential growth.
Giving us a look at her career through the years, Brinker International’s Dora Cortinas shares how a brief step backward to reassess priorities can lead to unexpected opportunities.
