Cuba-native Raul Valdes-Fauli serves his community as a lawyer and civil servant. “Since I can remember I wanted to be a lawyer,” Valdes-Fauli says. “It wasn’t a decision. I never wanted to be anything else.”
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
Almost brushed off as overqualified, Osvaldo Ramos convinced TravelStore to give him a try. Now as EVP and CFO, he’s been instrumental to the company’s 30+ acquisitions and tremendous success over the past 20 years.
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.
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.
Randy Garcia, founder of The Investment Counsel Company of Nevada, shares why he “trains” for work with the same intensity and commitment of an Olympian.
Jorge Caballero recounts his tale of triumph over obstacles that led him to be deputy regional tax managing partner for the Northeast practice of Deloitte Tax
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.
Leaving his job at PricewaterhouseCoopers to be a gofer, Arturo Barquet’s willingness to take risks has made him one of the most powerful Latinos in entertainment.
“Latin America contains a number of volatile and cyclical markets, so you have to have the timing right,” says Carlos Astolfi, senior VP of finance and administration for Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. in Latin America.
HR guru Karinna Rojas of Siemens Corporation doesn’t miss a beat handling far-flung projects that require the ability to be culturally savvy and internationally in-tune with the needs of a global workforce.