LATINAStyle®
Vol. 24, No. 5, 2018 September/October
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LATINAStyle Vol. 24, No. 5, 2018
Features
Table of Contents
8 Corporate America Engagement in Education
Changes in the global economy and U.S. society have provoked
corporate America executives to commit to carrying out educational
initiatives through their core business strategy and operations. Read
how companies such as Google, Intel, Facebook, Con Edison,
AT&T, and ExxonMobil are improving education at a greater
scale and are creating greater value in society.
By Gloria Romano-Barrera
12 Rosa Santana: Dreamer, Visionary,
Trailblazer, Toyota’s Golden Girl
Rosa Santana, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Santana
Group; a group of companies providing innovative outsourcing
solutions to organizations across all industries made history in
2014 by becoming the first Hispanic woman-owned direct
Tier I supplier. Read more on Santana’s journey and how
Santana Group’s Forma Automotive LLC came to supply fully
assembled beds for the award-winning Tacoma truck.
By Gloria Romano-Barrera
24 STEM Latinas Innovating and
Advancing the World
Latinas in STEM are innovating in such unprecedented ways
that their contributions to the world may live on for years to
come. Learn more on how Latinas such as Cynthia Rubio, CEO
and co-founder of Radiant RFID, and Supervisory Special Agent
(SSA) Tisha Louise Saldivar at the Federal Bureau of Investigation are
setting the stage for the next generation of builders and shakers.
By Christine Bolanos
4 Publisher’s Message
6 Latinas Today: Cecilia Estolano, Erica L. Jacquez, Xochitl Torres Small
12 LATINA Style Business Series, Phoenix, AZ.
14 Entrepreneurship in Arizona
25 World Travel, Egypt
28 Latina Letters From the Front! By Captain Marisa J. King,
U.S. Air Force
30 Veteran’s Perspective: By Juan G. Ayala, Major General
USMC (Retired)
32 Events & Occasions
36 Las Jefas: What it Means to Be Hispanic American By Marisa Rivera
38 About the Author: Someone Like Me, By Julissa Arce
40 College Beat: By Anggie Asencio, B.B.A. Finance and International
Business, Queens College, CUNY
42 His View: By Syndicated Columnist Ruben Navarrette
44 ¡Punto Final!: By Aimee Viana, Executive Director of the White
House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics
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