Entrepreneur
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.
Alvarado Construction, Inc. isn’t just breaking concrete—it’s crushing stereotypes. As its CEO and president, Linda Alvarado hits a home run in a male-dominated field with still enough time to co-own a Major League Baseball team.
Often hailed as the Second City, Chicago is on a league of its own when it comes to opportunities for multicultural business, particularly for the 38,000 Hispanic-owned enterprises which call the city home.
Adolfo “Al” Aguilar has always thrived on being the underdog. With the help of wife Gisela Girard, he founded Creative Civilization, a new breed of advertising agency; one that happens to be Hispanic-owned and operated, but is responsible for total marketing.
Thirty years ago, Robert W. Garcia thought “organic” meant someone on the street selling tomatoes. Today, his $30 million all-natural tortilla chips business is at the cutting edge of the natural-food movement.
Wynndalco Enterprises’ multifaceted CEO David Andalcio plugs into sustainable initiatives to make a positive impact on the environment and empower minorities to pursue careers in renewable technology.
After a jarring layoff in 2003, Daniel Sandoval started his own business developing renewable and sustainable energy services and solutions sourced largely from biomass. Now, Source Technologies, LLC is ranked on the Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing privately held companies in the United States.
Following a string of industry accolades, Orlando Diaz-Azcuy, founder of San Francisco-based ODA Design Associates, sits down with HE to discuss why he runs his interior-design firm like a businessman—not an artist.
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.
With his depth of experience with foreign cultures, Ricardo de la Blanca is a true international man of marketing. Born in Venezuela to the wealthy owners of Grupo Tropicana, de la Blanca was an apprentice before many of his peers reached high school.