Meet Cristal and Brenda, the first Hortencia Zavala Scholarship (HZS) 👵 recipients of 2018; who were celebrated at the NAHJ San Diego/Tijuana Chapter fundraiser in March. HZS a not-for-profit organization which helps Latino students 👩🏻🎓👨🏽🎓reach their scholastic dreams. Your donations make it possible for these students and many others like them to get a higher…
Success Strategy in a word is Commitment 💪🏼 Commitment to self… Invest in education, training, work ethic Commitment to team… Family, friends, coworkers; no one wins alone Commitment to your journey… Follow your own path despite the obstacles A special thanks to ALPFA (Association of Latino Professionals For America) of Boston for inviting to speak…
It was a pleasure to be a guest speaker at Yale University to lead a discussion about how unconscious bias effects our decision making every day. The mental shortcuts are more often than not useful, but there are some which prevents us from realizing the possibilities of diversity and inclusion in the the workplace. Diversity…
The third week of the Punch Sulzberger program at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism was pretty powerful. The highlight for me were the negotiation exercises. We often go to meetings with agendas that define success as winner take all. Not necessarily so. More often than not we need to compromise with the person(s) sitting…
Great conversation with students at UM. I gave a lecture on US Hispanics and ESPN’s One Nacion initiative. The class I spoke with is focused on Latinos and Media. I was impressed by their focus and sophistication on the subject. I also got the chance to meet students who produce video news programs in…
A pleasure to have spent time with students from the Knightly Latino Journalism class at the University of Central Florida. We discussed the dynamics of the U.S. Hispanic population as well as the challenges in telling their stories given their language proficiency and preference. I’m always impressed by the caliber of journalism students across…
I’m very grateful and excited to be one of the Fellows participating in the The Punch Sulzberger Program at Columbia University. The four week, year-long course began on 1/11. The program focuses on what is critical to the future success of the news organization and guides the Fellows on how to achieve success. Fellows must…
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