Entertainment
Arabel Alva Rosales, cofounder and co-executive producer of Latino Fashion Week—the only show of its kind in the country—explains how the fashion event evolved from its humble roots into a powerful platform for Latino designers and models.
As a kid growing up in Southern California, Nestor Barrero wasn’t familiar with the law, except to know that he shouldn’t break it. These days, as vice president of employment law for NBCUniversal, Barrero plays the role of strategic adviser in the dynamic entertainment industry.
Heart-disease survivor Lucinda Martinez pumps her talent and passion to HBO as its VP of domestic network distribution and multicultural marketing.
Gerardo “Gerry” Lopez, CEO and president of AMC Entertainment, redefines the moviegoing experience
Even as a young and eager student of filmmaking, Spain-native Santiago Pozo intrinsically grasped the dual forces driving the movie business. “Cinema is both masculine and feminine; the masculine part is the distribution, marketing, and money, while the feminine part is the innovation, originality, and intuition,” says Pozo, founder of Arenas Entertainment, LLC.
Whether it provokes laughter or tears, Pepe Vargas knows a compelling film can ignite a mix of emotions in viewers—a method he wants to use to help counter discrimination and bring about change as executive director of the Chicago Latino Film Festival.
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.
Close friends and powerful Latinas Monica Gil and Angela Mariana Freyre discuss with Hispanic Executive how their mentor-mentee bond helped propel them to new career heights.
Charged with helping lead L’Oréal’s diversity marketing efforts, Daniel Villarroel has emerged as a true trailblazer, brainstorming campaigns that resonate with the Hispanic female audience.
It takes a pretty compelling case to lure a full-scholarship law student, with a 4.0 grade point average, out of school and into a sweaty start-up in his mother’s garage. The winning argument for Cuban-born Carlos Ramirez was fashion.
As a 34-year-old father and multidisciplinary artist, Lucas Rivera still partakes in Philly’s notorious street life. Now, however, he’s contributing to the advancement of his community and not its degradation.