Empowered Latinas

A few famous Latinas...

Yesterday morning I was quite honored to speak on a radio show with a prestigious group of Hispanic women.  The show, Views From the Top, hosted by talent diva, Adrienne Graham, was aired in honor of celebrating the Empowered Latina!

This was a blurb taken from Adrienne’s intro. to the segment:

From starting their own businesses to making inroads in Corporate America, Latinas are a fast rising segment of women who hold true power. Join my guests as we discuss tips and strategies for Latinas to get ahead in business and their careers, the struggles faced along the way, and ways Latinas can position themselves to cultivate power relationships through networking.

The show’s host, Adrienne Graham, is a successful Recruiter/Headhunter/Talent Acquisition Consultant/Networking & Career Strategist.  Adrienne is the Founder and CEO of Empower Me! Corporation which includes Empowered Career Woman, several professional networks- Empowered Black Women, Empowered Latina, and The Roundtable (a network for executive level professionals). The Empower Me! Corporation also contains a publishing division, which produces podcasts, books, DVDs and CDs, and of course the weekly radio show Views From the Top on Blog Talk Radio.

In addition to Addriene, the panel included the following AMAZING women:

Maria del Rey- the CEO of MDR Kids Inc. A former concert cellist, she is a Cuban America Award Winning CEO, Recording Artist and Entrepreneur. Her company MDR Kids INC creates culturally diverse programming connects families and communities and breaks through prejudice, hatred and stops the cycle of violence in the home, community and the world. She created over 51 international works in 6 languages. She has some exciting projects coming up that she’ll talk about later in the show.

Aurelia Flores – the founder of PowerfulLatinas.com. A single, teenage mother who defied the odds and went on to Stanford Law School. She has been practicing corporate law for the past ten years, first at a prominent law firm and now for a Fortune 300 company where she specializes in intellectual property. She founded PowerfulLatinas.com in 2007 to help powerful Latina women stay in their power.

Helen Iris Torres -  the Executive Director Hispanas Organized For Political Equality (HOPE) one of the nations leading women’s advocacy and leadership training nonprofits.  She is currently serving as a Commissioner on the California Volunteers statewide commission charged with overseeing the state’s volunteer efforts and Americorp programming.  She has been appointed to The Zero Divide Foundation Board of Directors (formerly The California Community Technology Foundation).  She has also served as a Commissioner of the Los Angeles Commission on the Status of Women.

It was quite an experience and HONOR to chat with a such a prestigious group of Latin women.  We talked about the struggles that Hispanic women face, as well as our own words of advice for up and coming Latina girls.  Words of wisdom…in how to honor their own success.

Click here to listen to the show from the web, or it may also be heard on Itunes.

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