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LATINAStyle®
Publisher’s Founder & Publisher Anna Maria Arias
President & CEO Robert E. Bard
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New York Life Latina team at the 2018 Juntos conference.
Chief Operating Lupita Colmenero
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IManaging Editor Gloria Romano-Barrera
t is that time of the year again. Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations
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are taking place all over the country and I am delighted to hear of
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so many wonderful events recognizing our culture. When we started
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the magazine in 1993, covering the celebrations was easy; the largest were
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always in D.C. That is no longer the case. Now celebrations in some cities
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across the U.S. are bigger and some even last a whole month! Enjoy and
Christine Bolaños
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share your heritage.
Jackie Spencer
This is also the time when we announce our 2019 LATINA Style 50
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Jomil Guerrero
Report highlighting the Best Companies for Latinas to work for in the U.S. It
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is our pleasure to inform you that New York Life has been selected as our
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Company of the Year. This year’s winner is no stranger to the process. They
Ted Mathas
have been participating in the program since 2008 when they ranked at
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#50! Today they are #1!
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Of course, long-term goals are nothing new to this company; they have
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been in existence since 1845. They know how to plan for the future and how
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to improve on their performance year to year.
Accounting & Maria E. Gallegos
Throughout the years, New York Life has fostered and encouraged
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diversity. CEO Ted Mathas outlines New York Life’s commitment on the “His
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View” column, page 62. “I believe every company can do this. And together,
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I believe we can and will help strengthen our country’s resolve to get to a
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better place that reflects its true spirit and underlying values.”
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Our “Punto Final” column is provided by Ms. Yomil Guerrero, Head of
Social Media & Gina Torres
Global Marketing Operations on page 64. Make sure you do not miss their
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perspectives.
Editorial Intern Jasmin Avila
When we launched the LATINA Style 50 program in 1998 few in the
business community focused their attention on issues of corporate diversity,
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retention and inclusion. And there was no focus yet on the Hispanic
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professional working woman. Twenty-two years later our program is stronger
than ever, diversity and inclusion is on everyone’s agenda and the number
of companies participating in the program makes the selection of the
Company of the Year an even more difficult task requiring the evaluation
of hundreds of variables. For the past few years a veteran’s component
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has also been added to the survey. Latina veterans suffer the highest
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for a total of 12 issues. To subscribe to LATINA Style call (214) 357-2186 or send
unemployment of all veteran groups so we have undertaken the task of
checks to LATINA Style Magazine, 2102 Empire Central, Dallas, TX,
providing them with information on the best companies for veterans as well.
75235. The publisher reserves the right to accept or reject any editorial
We do this in our December issue of the magazine. Stay tuned. Awards for
or advertising matter. Editorial submissions must be accompanied by a
self-addressed, stamped envelope. The publisher assumes no responsibility
the LATINA Style 50 are presented at the LATINA Style 50 Awards and
for return of unsolicited manuscripts or art. No part of this magazine may
Diversity Leaders Conference next February in Washington, DC. We look
be reprinted or otherwise duplicated without the written permission of
the editor. Copyright by LATINA Style, Inc. All rights reserved. "LATINA
forward to seeing you there.
Style" (ISSN 1531-0868). Vol. 25, No. 4, July/August, 2019.
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