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South Texas opportunity creator, super lawyer, and state representative Veronica Gonzales reveals some exciting STEM developments at Texas’s newest university
One organization dismantles the barriers to higher education for first-generation Hispanic-Americans.
Brianna Hinojosa-Flores overcomes cancer and a political loss to protect BlackBerry.
Maria Teresa Kumar has spent the last ten years registering and equipping the young Latino voter, taking an active stand in the movement to ensure that Latino power in America reflects population size .
Although the roadmap is unclear, Glenn Nieves champions a quest for diversity in education and employment.
Regina Montoya has a pass to the middle class for poverty-stricken Dallas. Can it work for the nation?
For U.S. Bank’s Dennis Garcia, Albuquerque is a land of opportunity, and he is helping cultivate its next generation of professionals
Chris Garza has been approaching the bench since he was too little to see over it. While other kids were meeting in the sandbox, the director and general counsel at Cosentino North America followed his attorney father to work and met federal judges.
Verizon’s Mario Acosta-Velez proves that “corporation” and “community” are complementary, not contradictory
Jessica Valenzuela Santamaria shares her journey from farm-town life to legal leader
Alberto R. Cardenas’s journey from his humble roots as a Cuban immigrant to Washington, DC’s top lobbyists
Maritza Bond recruits minority students into the health-care field.
Marty Castro builds inroads for Latinos in Chicago and across the United States
Raul Russi on how a bullet changed his life and how he’s changing the lives of others through Acacia Network.
Judge Nelson Diaz came from humble beginnings in Harlem to become the first Latino judge in Pennsylvania.
Laura Gump explains why being a female leader at H-E-B just makes sense. “I bring an insider’s perspective to my position as VP of operations,” she says.
As a Latina and proud mother of two, Jennifer Ortega says she’s not always what clients expect. “More than once, I’ve been mistaken for the secretary or court reporter—and once I was even mistaken for the person delivering lunch!” says Ortega, Viacom’s deputy general counsel.
“People need to know you’re a resource available for them to use, but not just after they get sued.”
As chief legal officer for the Rochester Institute of Technology, Bobby Colón takes a proactive approach to overseeing the college’s legal matters.