As a consultant and entrepreneur, I found enormous freedom to build my knowledge, leverage it to empower others and then engage in the hard work that advancing equity requires.

Since leaving Academia in 1994, I have worked with hundreds of executives in the public, private and nonprofit sectors providing customized training, change management, executive development and strategic planning focused on diversity, inclusion and equity. It has been exceptionally rewarding to support executive teams as they launch and manage large scale change initiatives in an ever demanding global marketplace. In addition to my consulting, I’ve also had the good fortune to be a commentator for KQED FM Perspective Series and Latino USA and to write for Latina Style Magazine. My blog, Latina Cubicle Confidential™ appeared as a syndicated column in several websites before it became part of LatinaVIDA’s official blog. These have been wonderful outlets to share what I see in my journey and to reach a broader audience about workforce issues, immigration, women entrepreneurs, and the increasing role that Latinos are playing in the economic vitality of the United States. I’m often told that my story is testimony of the American Dream. Indeed, my immigrant family enjoyed enormous success and there are countless others with similar stories to be told. Now more than ever, I feel an obligation to advocate that the strength of this nation rests in its diversity and that the ideal of a pluralistic society cannot succumb to the fears of those who lack vision.