Adelante Leadership

Peter and Tania talk to Dr. CarolLaine Garcia about Liberation Through Vulnerability. Dra. García is a visionary on a mission to revolutionize leadership with healing. With a PhD in organizational psychology + a decade of DEIB leadership consulting within Fortune 500, Dr. García uses her expertise and passions to facilitate positive changes in individuals and organizations. As the first generation...

In our final episode of the season, we highlight the inspiring journeys of three remarkable Latine leaders making a difference in their communities: Caleb Cazares Garay: A high school senior, athlete, and volunteer dedicated to developing his leadership skills. Caleb is passionate about creating a better world for his younger siblings and other Latine children and youth. Josue Villalobos: Recently...

Tania and Peter talk to Dr. Nieto about her powerful book Beyond Inclusion, Beyond Empowerment: A Developmental Strategy to Liberate Everyone. Dr. Leticia Nieto has been an active poet, dramatist, and performer since 1978.  She has been a psychotherapist and trainer in anti-oppression and expressive techniques including psychodrama, playback theater, and theater of the oppressed since 1980.  She i...

Peter and Tania talk with Mimi and Nez about Latine Leadership. Mimi Madrid​ and Nez Gonzalez are two inspirational Latine leaders and part of the team at Fortaleza Familiar, an organization dedicated to the wellness of Indigenous Chicanx Latinx Lesbian Gay Bi Queer Trans Two-Spirit young people and their families in Colorado.  Mimi is a mexica chicanx queer two-spirit writer, multimedia-maker, or...

Tania and Peter talk to Sonya about leadership coaching. Sonya Perez-Lauterbach is a Certified Leadership Coach, Change Expert, and the creator of Leadership Atlas™ - a holistic approach to leadership development.  Her mission is to change the paradigm of leadership to caring for the whole person through a mental, emotional, and embodied approach. Through transformational 1:1 coaching Sonya suppor...

Josue Villalobos, is a senior in High School. He is an active participant in school and communal activities, doing his best to create a flourishing sense of belonging and connection everywhere he goes. Josue states "I am glad you are tuning in to listen to my podcast episode and I encourage you to go out and accomplish that thing that's been on my mind!"

Tania and Peter talk to Amalia about her leadership with The Vida Agency. Amalia Martino is Founder and President of The Vida Agency, a multi-service and multi-cultural company that works to advance racial equity in the Northwest. Her agency helps clients learn how to include and center the voices of people traditionally left out through innovative communications and public relations strategies. A...

Peter and Tania talk to Carolina about her work with Mentes Puertorriqueñas en Acción. Carolina Mejías Rivera es Gestora Cultural y Recreacionista. Tiene un bachillerato en Ciencias Sociales con concentración en Ciencias Políticas, segunda concentración en Recreación y una secuencia curricular en Cooperativismo; además, cuenta con una maestría en Gestión y Administración Cultural, ambos en la Univ...

Tania and Peter speak to Marcela about her leadership and her work with Pueblos Unidos. Marcela Díaz is the Founding Executive Director of Somos Un Pueblo Unido, a statewide immigrant-based organization that works to promote racial and worker justice in New Mexico. Through its community organizing, electoral engagement, litigation, and policy advocacy efforts, Somos has helped shape New Mexico’s i...

Peter and Tania speak to Angela about her youth leadership and wisdom. Angela Armendariz is an inspiring Latine youth leader from Mexico. From a young age she became aware of the social challenges and barriers to BIPOC people in the United States and stepped into her leadership journey organizing students to create supportive and caring community with other Latine youth. She attends Olympic Colleg...

Mark Magaña is the Founding President & CEO of GreenLatinos, a National network of Latino environmental and conservation advocates. Mark is the first Latino to have served as senior staff at both the White House and in Congressional leadership – as Special Assistant to President Clinton for White House Legislative Affairs and several other influential leadership roles at federal, state and loc...

Tania and Peter talk to Jennifer about leadership and public policy. Jennifer Allen Aroz is dedicated to supporting the collective power of Latine community leaders to influence policy that serves the community's needs. She founded the Border Action Network in 2001 where she served as the Executive Director for a decade influencing immigration policy both in Arizona and nationally. Her leaders...

Tania and Peter talk to Caleb an emerging Latine youth leader about his views leadership. Caleb Cazares Garay is junior at Ingraham High School, he plays Ingraham High School Varsity Football and as well an emerging Latine youth leader in his community. Tania y Peter hablan con Caleb, un líder juvenil latino emergente, sobre sus puntos de vista sobre el liderazgo. Caleb Cazares Garay es estudiante...

Tania and Peter talk to José about his Leadership José Calderón is the former President of the Hispanic Federation (HF), the nation’s premier Latino nonprofit membership organization. José manages HF’s overall operations with a primary focus on strategic planning, program development, public policy advocacy and resource development. He is a leading advocate for Hispanic grassroots organizations an...

Peter and Tania reflect on episode 1 - 8 of season 3. They also discuss the traditions for the Latine community of the guests interviewed this season. Which are the traditions that are worth continuing to pass on in the Latine community. The importance of resting and recharging energy to continue to follow our passions. Resting is not being selfish, it is self-love. Happy Holidays and Happy New Ye...

Peter and Tania talk to Michelle about building power and leadership differently. Michelle Tremillo, Co-Executive Director and one of Texas Organizing Project’s co-founders, is a 4th generation Tejana, born and raised in a low-income neighborhood in San Antonio. She has two decades of community organizing experience, and is responsible for raising a multi-million dollar budget, co-developing TOP’s...

This November 25th after Thanksgiving Day,  Adelante Leadership podcast invites you to join us in appreciating and supporting the nonprofit organization Na’ah Illahee Fund to help give restitution to indigenous people that have suffered and continue to be negatively impacted in the United States. Na’ah Illahee Fund is an Indigenous women-led organization dedicated to the ongoing regeneration of In...

Tania and Peter talk to Jaime about her book Youth to Power and other ideas about weaving elder knowledge and youth knowledge. Jaime Margolin is an internationally recognized leader on climate action. She is co-executive director and a co-founder of Zero Hour, an organization building a movement of youth for climate and environmental justice. She is the author of the book, Youth to Power; Your Voi...

Peter y Tania hablan con Lupita Torrez sobre el poder que todos tenemos. Lupita es gerente de aprendizaje temprana con Seattle University y Fundadora de Para los niños y fue Directora ejecutiva por 16 anos en la agencia de para los niños.   Lupita sigue impulsando estrategias para garantizar que todos los niños estén preparados para el jardín de infantes y sus vidas. Lupita dice que no puede vivir...

Peter and Tania speak to a group of six elder latine leaders about culture, ancestors, passing knowledge. Part 1 of Elder Latine Leaders. These leaders are from previous adelante leadership podcast episodes. If you wish to learn more about each guest in this group interview please visit their episodes. Jacque Larrainzar was born in Mexico City and came to the United States as a Political Asylee. T...

Peter and Tania speak to a group of six elder latine leaders about culture, ancestors, passing knowledge. Part 1 of Elder Latine Leaders. These leaders are from previous adelante leadership podcast episodes. If you wish to learn more about each guest in this group interview please visit their episodes. Jacque Larrainzar was born in Mexico City and came to the United States as a Political Asylee. T...

Tania entrevista a su mamá para compartir sus conocimientos y experiencias vividas y el impacto que tuvo su madre en su liderazgo. Después de reflexionar sobre las pérdidas de muchos ancianos de nuestra comunidad a causa de la pandemia, decidimos centrar la tercera temporada en cómo el liderazgo Latine puede beneficiarse tanto del conocimiento de los mayores como del de los jóvenes. Creemos que po...

After reflecting about our losses of many elders in our community from the pandemic, we decided to focus season three on how Latine Leadership can benefit from both elders' knowledge and youth’s knowledge.   We believe that we can both learn from our Latine elders and our youth leader’s knowledge.   How can we learn from both and become stronger together?  How do we unite both sources of Latin...

Tania and Peter reflect episode 27 through 31. Veronica Duran-Sisk was born in Quito, Ecuador and obtained her International Business and Master’s degree in marketing. After one year of arriving to the USA, she landed a job at the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) as a Spanish Interpreter. This work gave her the opportunity to meet many people from different backgrounds and cultures. Thr...

Tania and Peter talk to Victoria about the power of Latinx leadership Victoria Santos is a Spanish-fluent Afro-Caribbean who was born in a rural village in the Dominican Republic. Her work is rooted in a vision of human potential to advance social justice and racial equity.  From over thirty years of lived experiences, she shares her knowledge and wisdom in all her work with a deep commitment to o...