Latina Leadership Podcast

Why is mental health considered a taboo in our culture? In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, we documented a very special Latina Leadership Lunch & Learn panel on May 18, 2023, co-hosted by Latina Leadership Podcast creator, Anjelica Cazares and KPRC 2 Health Reporter Haley Hernandez. Together they delved into the stigmas and barriers that exist in our Hispanic/Latino community as our paneli...

In this very special collaboration with Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages, Anjelica had the pleasure of attending The Texas Lyceum State of Texas Women Conference in the Rio Grande Valley! While there, she had the opportunity to chat with several amazing women who play a key role in running things at Coca-Cola Southwest, as well as in Houston's East End - Veronica Chapa Gorczynski, Ada Ortega, Susanne...

In this special Mother's Day episode of the Latina Leadership Podcast, the co-hosts reunite to discuss their perspectives on what motherhood truly means to them. In this candid conversation, the ladies get vulnerable and open up about their own childhoods and the impact their mothers had on them - the good and the bad. What does motherhood mean to you? Let us know in the comments!

On this week's episode, Diana chats with Ana Arguello, VP of Stationary at Walmart. As a 17 year employee at Walmart, Ana is not afraid of a challenge. Originally from Mexico City, she worked her way up to her current VP position. Ana is a hardworking mother of two and proud of her culture and where she came from. Ana considers herself an advocate for teachers and describes why she's passionate ab...

What is your Latina power? That is exactly what we asked the amazing Latinas who attended the recent Latina Poder Awards 2023, hosted by The Latina Power and Poder Hispano. The special event was held at Xalisko Cocina Mexicana in The Woodlands, TX, and was truly a celebration of mujeres! Our very own Carolina Arenas, founder of Poder Hispano, sits down with The Latina Power founder, Claudia Ayala,...

Join Sonia and Jacqueline as they sit down with Latina country artist and former contestant on The Voice, Valerie Ponzio. Currently based in Nashville, she fills us in on her latest EP, Frontera, and even performs her hit single, Desert Rain. Originally from El Paso, she's a Texan at heart and a huge Selena fan as well! Listen to this new episode today, and then check out Valerie's music!

In this week's new episode, Sonia and Carolina sit down with San Antonio based entrepreneur and founder of Café Cultura 210, Katherine González. She details her passion for roasting coffee beans from her family's homeland of Guatemala, which began out of a lifetime love for coffee being culturally ingrained in her. With a background in STEM, she takes pride in a properly roasted batch of beans and...

Located right in the heart of Montrose sits Las Perras Cafe, a recent addition to the Houston area, owned and run by Latina entrepreneur, Andrea Arana. She sits down with Carolina to dish on her journey from growing up a military brat in Japan to pursuing the dream of owning her own coffee shop. For Andrea, coffee is more than just a nice beverage. She explains the importance of coffee for margina...

Carolina and Diana sit down with Boral Agency co-owner, Patricia Boral. She and her siblings had to grow up quickly in Bolivia and she and her sister, Brenda, used the obstacles they faced to create their own marketing agency here in Houston. As an entrepreneur, Patricia has a passion for being creative with resources and creating something unique for their clients - and she shared some great advi...

On this week's Latina Leadership Podcast, Anjelica sits down with Rosalinda Martinez, Community Strategy Director for AARP Texas, the largest nonprofit in the nation, as well as a proud Latina and native Houstonian. She shares her passion behind being a philanthropist and giving back to the community that gave so much to her. Rosalinda is doing great things in the City of Houston and beyond! She i...

Sonia and Anjelica chat with Mayra Garcia and Ashley Escamilla of the Mariachi Mariposas, one of the few all-female mariachi groups in Texas! The ladies discuss the differences in co-ed mariachi groups and why having a sisterhood in the Mariachi Mariposas means so much to them. It all comes down to mutual respect and it looks like they've mastered this gracefully! We are truly looking forward to s...

Join us this week as Anjelica sits down with Houston-based artist and founder of Art in the Heart, Veronica "Roni" Cabrera. Roni discusses her passion for art and what drives her to help her local community of NE Houston. From her guest appearance on "The Kelly Clarkson Show" to her future goals for Art in the Heart, Roni shares it all! Don't miss this conversation!

On this week's episode of the Latina Leadership Podcast, Anjelica sits down with her high school hero, Dr. Ellen Ochoa, the first Latina in space. The scientist, NASA astronaut, and children's book author talks about her journey that eventually led her to space and now as the Director of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Listen today and get inspired!

Join Anjelica this week as she sits down with University of Houston professor and author, Marie Theresa Hernández Ramirez. Dr. Hernández shares just some of the many stories that molded her as a child growing up in Rosenberg, Texas, and which have also become a large part of her research into Latin America and its strong Texas roots. 

The new season of the Latina Leadership Podcast is finally here! We are beyond thrilled to finally introduce the new team of co-hosts joining podcast creator, Anjelica Cazares. Meet Carolina Arenas, Diana Rubi, Jacqueline Villagomez, and Sonia Ramirez! These four incredible Latinas all come from different walks of life and are ready to make their debut! Join us in this premiere episode of the new...

Be sure to catch my chat with Consumer Reports CEO, Marta L. Tellado. ( @consumerreports )This Latina boss is on fire with the release of her new book 'Buyer Aware' earlier this year! She has so much insight on the marketplace - some great info for all of us. If you use apps on your phone, don't miss this episode.  "Came to the U.S. and grew up listening constantly to dinner conversations about ou...

If you're like many Latinos, then you know that the theatre has not always been the most popular within our Hispanic community. But, the Alley Theatre is trying to change that with their new HIT show, What-A-Christmas, written, directed, and starring Latinos! In today's new episode, I sit down with Elena Valladolid-Rivera from the Alley Theatre, and we talk about their diversity initiative and how...

I had the pleasure of sitting down with President and CEO of Latino Corporate Directors Association (LCDA), Esther Aguilera. We talked about her humble beginnings as the child of immigrants and the very important work she's doing empowering and training the next generation of Latinos in the corporate world. "I think it was certainly college, like for many of us, was a pivot point…I felt very self-...

Recently I was "home alone" in a completely other state by myself for the most part, and it was the first time I have ever done that. I wanted to document the experience to share with you all and to be able to go back to this experience in the future. I hope you'll join me in listening to this experience with me.

For my second episode of Conversations With My Friends I couldn't think of another better guest than my good friend Tony Waller. Tony not only has the great distinction of being an executive for the world's largest retailers, but he is also a dear friend. Wait until you hear what he has to share!

I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Latina badass and financial expert, Vice President and Houston Community Manager at JP Morgan Chase, Melissa Vela.  "…There are some excellent people at that bank and they've made me grow so much. He was one of them…He was the first one to say, 'You're good enough. You're worth it. You don't have to be anything but your authentic self'...And from th...

Lourdes Rosado is the President and General Counsel of Latino Justice, a nonprofit which serves Latinos across the U.S., and they also happen to be celebrating their 50th anniversary this year with various public events (find them at www.latinojustice.org)! Lourdes has been trailblazing as a civil rights litigator for the past 25+ years with a passion for social justice and a love for journalism....

Melissa McDonald is Chief Operating Officer of La Raza Development Fund where she helps connect U.S. Latinos to valuable resources to help them achieve their goals and business dreams. However, at the core of her commitment to this work is a deep belief in the spirit and tenacity of Latinas. We talk about it on this new episode of the Latina Leadership Series. Tune in now!

She's the funny woman that's won thousands of hearts on social media with her hilarious and endearing videos. When Estefania Saavedra set out to start a social media presence, however, she had no idea it would become the runaway success it is today. I was thrilled to sit down with her as part of the Latina Leadership Series to talk about the business of being funny!

This event was packed with so much positive energy and excitement for being together. I was excited to return to the annual Spoiled Latina Summit put on annually by my amiga Yvonne Guidry - better known as Spoiled Latina online - earlier this summer. During the event I also had a chance to speak to several of the Latinas in attendance, and what they had to share was so inspirational and funny. Tak...