Advocacy

Beto Pallares The Hispanic Wealth Project
Beto Pallares Wants to Institutionalize Latino Gains

Beto Pallares on his new book, surrounding yourself with smart people, and creating lasting change

Dr. Amada Armenta UCLA
Dr. Amada Armenta Is the Passion and the Voice Behind the Data

Dr. Amada Armenta is a leading researcher on immigration enforcement and the criminal justice system

Pico y Pala by Sergio Barajas
Pico Y Pala: Operation We Back

A painful chapter in American immigration history inspires a new rallying cry for the Hispanic workers and contractors who are building America

Leandro Tyberg Primestor Development
Before Primestor Began Transforming Neighborhoods, It Had to Transform Leandro Tyberg

Leandro Tyberg speaks on the origin of an organization that proves that underserved neighborhoods are an opportunity for the right investors.

Isabel Casillas Guzman Avenida Advisors
Isabel Casillas Guzman Is Still Looking Out for Small Businesses

Isabel Casillas Guzman is the former administrator of the US Small Business Administration and now the founder and president of Avenida Advisors

Cindy Castro Cindy Castro New York
Cindy Castro Makes Purpose Look Good

Cindy Castro’s designer brand is proving that social consciousness can pair beautifully with fashion

Fernando De Leon Leon Capital Group
Fernando De Leon Makes the Case for Latino Ownership

Leon Capital Group founder and CEO Fernando De Leon explains why the next step for Latinos is turning hard work into ownership

Memo Ochoa Mexican National Team
Beyond the Goal: Memo Ochoa on Building What Comes Next

After his sixth and final World Cup, Memo Ochoa talks about mistakes, community, and the legacy he hopes to build off the pitch

Pico y Pala by Sergio Barajas
Pico Y Pala: Resizing the American Home

Building new homes is only part of the answer. Remodeling and reinvesting in existing housing is the next big opportunity for local contractors.

Pico y Pala by Sergio Barajas
Pico Y Pala: Why Hispanic-Owned Construction Firms Are Outpacing the Market

Hispanic-owned construction firms are growing faster than the market. Here’s how NHCA contractors can turn that momentum into lasting scale

Pico y Pala by Sergio Barajas
Pico Y Pala: It’s a Wrap! Now the Real Work Begins

AVANCE is over, but for the National Hispanic Construction Alliance the real work is just starting, with new partners, new chapters, and a Construction Village

Avance Global 2026
Beyond the Numbers: What AVANCE Global Leaves Behind

More than 5,000 people gathered at AVANCE Global in Las Vegas. Decades of research on proximity, weak ties, and shared identity explain what that scale sets in motion.

Gabriel Regus Hispanics in Tech
Gabriel Regus Is Building the Pathways He Never Inherited

A dentist’s son from Washington Heights, Gabriel Regus now helps decide which emerging technologies earn a place on the electric grid—and is building the pathways into tech he never inherited

Patty Juarez Wells Fargo
Patty Juarez Makes Financial Literacy Personal at Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo’s Executive Vice President of External Engagement brings three decades of access, representation, and financial literacy to AVANCE Global

Pico y Pala by Sergio Barajas
Pico Y Pala: The Workforce That Keeps Building America

This Labor Day, the Hispanic construction workforce deserves recognition—for its persistence through adversity and for the America it keeps building

The Latino Stories That Helped Build Las Vegas
The Latino Stories That Helped Build Las Vegas

Latino history in Las Vegas starts long before the Strip: Mexican scouts, railroad workers, Cuban entrepreneurs, and immigrant hotel workers built the city.

Pico y Pala by Sergio Barajas
Pico Y Pala: The Excitement Is Building: NHCA at AVANCE Is Almost Here

NHCA at AVANCE Global arrives September 14–16 at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, where construction leaders will find sessions, capital access, and relationships

Pico y Pala by Sergio Barajas
Pico Y Pala: The Missing Middle Isn’t Just Housing—It’s Builders

The missing middle isn’t just housing—it’s builders. NHCA’s Build the Builder program is opening pathways for emerging contractors, tradespeople and developers

Edda Santiago Covenant House International
Edda Santiago is the Queen of Reinvention at Covenant House International

Who walks away from big law money to focus on combating homelessness? Edda Santiago.

Pico y Pala by Sergio Barajas
Pico Y Pala: Still Standing, Still Believing

Two centuries after Francis Scott Key searched for a flag through the smoke, Hispanics are still rising—and still believing in America’s promise

Pico y Pala by Sergio Barajas
Pico Y Pala: Now You Know

Immigrants make up more than a quarter of America’s construction workforce and enforcement that stops distinguishing threats from builders puts the nation’s capacity to build at risk