Personal Development and Career Success for Today's Latina
Contributed By: Erika Batista, founder of Lola Blue, the Closet When it comes to dressing for the office, I always like to be comfortable and stylish. There is something about feeling ultra-feminine that empowers me. There are many ways to be stylish at the office on a budget, you don’t have to break the bank [...]
By Laura Pereyra Latina women have made progress in attaining more higher education in the United States. Today, Latinos make up a record 16.5% of college enrollments, which makes them the largest minority to go to college. This should translate into higher paying jobs and a more equitable pay gap, right? Not quite exactly. Today, [...]
By Marian M. Inguanzo, MSW, ACSW, C-ASWCM During my professional career as a social worker I have had the pleasure of working with clients from a variety of social and economic backgrounds. I have also had the distinct honor of being asked by my colleagues in the social service field to present papers at professional conferences. [...]
By U.S. Health and Human Services Regional Director, Dr. Jaime R. Torres U.S. Small Business Administration Acting Regional Administrator, Bernard Paprocki For years, we had a health insurance market that was broken for small businesses. Because they had less bargaining power, small businesses paid an average of 18% more for the same health insurance plan offered [...]
Graciela Tiscareño-Sato is a successful entrepreneur, an award-winning author, a public speaker, a mami and a Latinnovator extraordinaire! Graciela’s publishing and marketing firm Gracefully Global, LLC is the premiere publisher of entrepreneurship, innovation and leadership stories from the Latino community, her award-winning book Latinnovating is used in college classrooms across the country and her new children’s book Good Night Captain Mama promises [...]
Vanessa Cabezas founded Majestic Relations, a boutique Public Relations firm, in 2006 and never looked back. Today, Vanessa and her team manage clients in New York City, Miami and Las Vegas. No matter how busy this young entrepreneur is, she always manages to provide each of her clients with the personalized services that have made [...]
On March 11, 2013, Dr. Angelica Perez-Litwin, founder and CEO of the ELLA Institute, opened the virtual doors to the institute’s online network. The ELLA Institute is an online community of mission-driven women who are serious about advancing their careers. The new network allows women like you to connect with other professionals, leaders, experts, mentors and coaches [...]
Kathy Gonzales is determined to help Latinas find their career bliss. Kathy’s program, Career Bliss Just Like That, is designed to help women of color see value in their differences, and from those differences, create professional change. Armed with more than 20 years of corporate consulting experience, Kathy is ready to share how to find [...]
Photographer and filmmaker Betty Bastidas is a natural-born story teller. The Ecuadorian-born documentarian came to the United States as a child, and soon found that her trusty camera was the perfect lens through which to understand her new surroundings! These days, Betty is using her camera to help others understand the American Latino experience, from [...]
For Immediate Release: Announcing the Official Launch of ELLA Leadership Institute and its Inaugural Annual Conference at Columbia University New York, NY, March 11, 2013: The Ella Leadership Institute is the first professional development platform to launch this 2013 for Latina women whose participation will advance their careers and leadership, and connect them to [...]
