Rosa M. Colon-Kolacko has over 20 years’ experience in healthcare organizations and technologies to leverage innovation including Telemedicine. She is also an entrepreneur, who founded two bilingual consulting businesses: Global Learning and Diversity Partners
In the spring of 2017, the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility CEO Cid Wilson earned a Diversity and Inclusion Champion Award from the American Conference on Diversity. At the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR), Wilson directs pro
A new Big Data report by CulturIntel and Hispanicize Media Group reveals that U.S. Latinos generally have a negative perception about applying for or working at most of the iconic brands of Silicon Valley. The analysis of top 25 Silicon Valley companies* reveals
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairwoman Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham and First Vice-Chair Rep. Joaquin Castro sent a letter recently to top tech companies to ask for diversity metrics. Hispanics make up just seven percent of tech employees – much lower than
Rita L. Mas Ramirez is a manufacturing engineer at Boston Scientific Corporation. She won a Special Recognition Award at the 22nd annual Women of Color STEM Conference, which was held in Detroit October 2017. WHY ENGINEERING: “My uncle was an industrial enginee
Jessica Marquez is a human systems engineer and research scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center. She develops tools that astronauts use on the International Space Station. Jessica also trains astronauts and flight controllers to better plan out their workload.
Puerto Ricans accounted for about 9 percent of the Hispanic or Latino labor force in 2016, around the same share that existed throughout the 1988–2016 period, the Bureau of Labor Statistics says. Other Hispanics or Latinos—whose family origins are in Central o
Science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) awareness programs such as Great Minds in STEM connect classroom math and science to STEM careers, help students engage with real-life scientists and engineers, and involve parents, teachers, and local colleges and
Paulino Barros has been tapped to serve as interim CEO for Equifax. He most recently served as President, Asia Pacific, and is a seven-year veteran of the company. Previously, Barros led the company’s U.S. Information Solutions business, which includes U.S.-bas
Carmen Nava was appointed Senior Vice President – Premium Care, in September 2015. In this role, Carmen leads AT&T Entertainment Group’s efforts to care for customers with more complex needs. Her 31-year career has taken her to assignments in customer expe
IBM announced this week that its apprenticeship program has earned…
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been tasked with…
Brown and Caldwell, a leading environmental engineering and construction firm,…
