LatinxAmerica's podcast

Rocio Medina is a pacesetter in the Latinx Community.  She has spent over 15 years expanding and launching products in tech. In her latest leadership role in Prezi's Product Marketing Team, she expanded the brand internationally which now has over 100 million users around the world.  She also co-founded Latinas in Tech in order to advocate for tech inclusion and connect, support and empower Latinas. You can connect with Rocio via LinkedIn or visit the following website: https://www.latinasintech.org/

Ariel Camus cofounded his first venture, which was acquired by Lonely Planet. Microverse is his second startup and Ariel is using what he learned to make this a global venture. Microverse’s mission is to train 1 million professionals by 2030 and to connect them with global and remote jobs. Learn about his journey into becoming a founder and about Coded by Her – a new initiative to empower women globally. https://www.microverse.org/

A self-described unicorn working at a unicorn, Frances shares her personal path into tech. She is a young leader full of passion to increase the number of Latinx in tech. Join her efforts and connect with her directly: Website: https://fvcproductions.com LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/fvcproductions Twitter: https://twitter.com/fvcproductions Instagram: https://instagram.com/fvcproductions Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frances.v.coronel GitHub: https://github.com/fvcproductions

Manuel Maqueda is a social entrepreneur, an economist, professor, writer and consultant. He talks with us about meaning-driven innovation and entrepreneurship. You can connect with him, and be one of the first people to know when his book launches, via his website http://meaning.ec/

Martha Hernandez shares her journey into tech and why she decided to launch madeBOS. Learn about her passion for creating solutions and leveraging tech to focus on career paths increasing diversity, engagement, retention and performance in the retail space industry. You can reach her via LinkedIn or through her website https://www.madebos.com/

Hector Preciado’s path into tech has not been straight. He has faced challenges and has learned from every good and bad experience along the way. Listen and be inspired by his journey into leadership positions across tech and non-profit sectors. You can connect with Hector via LinkedIn and if you want to learn more about Hired, you can visit: https://hired.com/

LatinxAmerica highlights Stephanie Bermudez. As an entrepreneur and founder of Startup Unidos, Stephanie is building a bi-national ecosystem in Nogales fostering tech and innovation. Follow her on twitter @startupunidos and get involved in her efforts.

Rodrigo’s experience in product design, user experience and tech management led him to co-found Arrivedo to help travelers experience unique local recommendations. Listen to Richard and Rodrigo’s conversation and learn how this founder is creating a product and partnering with hotels. You can learn about Arrivedo at: https://arrivedo.com

Faith Florez is the founder of The Latina Legacy Foundation. She is leveraging tech for good by leading the development of the Calor app to decrease farmworker deaths due to heat stroke. Learn about how her personal experience and her ability to developed a trusted network led her to launch an app. Resources mentioned in the interview: https://calorapp.org/ https://latinalegacy.org/ https://study.com/academy/lesson/application-development-definition-types.html

Marissa Herrera is a visionary and leader in the arts and community. She is committed to sharing the stories of the American Latino experience creating and producing original content for stage, TV and film while also continuing her work as a Director, Producer, Choreographer, Actor and non-profit leader. Here is the link mentioned: https://merlinone.com/what-is-a-digital-asset/

Renzo’s experience in higher education and consulting helped him launch his own company. His idea for building games for the modern classrooms are helping higher education and continuing education institutions engage students online, in-class and at work. You can reach out to Renzo via LinkedIn or at https://www.simcase.io/.

Nancy Douyon’s story will inspire you to break out of the mold and really think critically and globally when you design to scale. Her personal story and lessons learned will give insight into the life of an amazing role model for people wanting to join tech or become leaders in diversity, inclusion and UX.

Aubrey talks about the systems based approach that her team uses to recruit underrepresented and underestimated talent in tech. She also shares how giving up is not an option as exemplified by her own personal journey into tech.

Siggy Bilstein is the CTO and co-founder of Ayuda Care. We captured his story at the Kapor Center’s LTX in Tech event. An engineer by training, Siggy used his skills to launch a company focused on connecting talented freelancers with seniors in nursing homes. Learn about what inspired him to become an entrepreneur and what keeps him motivated. Resources mentioned in the episode: https://www.ayudacare.com/ https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/09/top-10-emerging-technologies-of-2018/

Resaltamos la historia de Adi Barreto. Adi comparte cómo se unió al mundo de la tecnología y porqué es importante crear ambiente inclusivos y cómo podemos ser más auténticos en espacios de trabajo. Se puede comunicar con Adi por LinkedIn o por correo electrónico adi@textio.com El artículo que mencionamos se pueden encontrar en: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/09/top-10-emerging-technologies-of-2018/