Dr. Chavez is the Director of Mental Health at Caminar, Inc. and an expert in Substance Use Disorders. According to a report from the American Addiction Center, 11% of tech workers have admitted to using illegal drugs. About 60% have used marijuana and 20% of the workers that they surveyed have used painkillers. Dr. Chavez talks about treatment options and how support systems can make a difference in treatment during remission. https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamrachavez/ https://americanaddictionce...
Jul 17, 2021•38 min
In our founder series, we talk about Miguel’s extensive experience in brand development, marketing and customer experience for Fortune 500 companies and purpose-led ventures. He shares how he works with startups, companies and individuals in identifying and focusing on the intersection between culture, community & purpose. https://colabworks.co/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/mgarcast/
Jul 09, 2021•36 min
Erika Zarco is a licensed marriage and family therapist, certified clinical tele-mental health provider with a certification in grief therapy. In this episode Erika talks about different therapy resources to heal or learn from the stages of grief. Dealing with grief after a person passes away or a relationship comes to an end can be painful and complicated. Grief is different for everyone, and there are various approaches for healing that can address or leverage meditation, attachment theory, Em...
Jun 24, 2021•32 min
Erika Zarco is a Director of Counseling for Women United and Active (Mujeres Unidas y Activas). She offers a more humanistic therapeutic approach for patients: Narrative Therapy, a clinical orientation with a postmodern perspective. Narrative therapy helps employers to face the new emotional challenges Covid brought. It provides the patient with knowledge of their abilities and values to effectively confront current and future problems. She talks about the difference and advantages compared to t...
Jun 23, 2021•33 min
This episode is part of our mental health and leveling up series. Dr. Abby Medcalf talks about how to start creating connections to begin building lasting relationships to succeed personally and professionally. Learn more about her work and connect with her: https://abbymedcalf.com/
May 20, 2021•35 min
Erika is a bilingual and bicultural Mental Health Specialist (LCSW) with 10 years of outpatient experience working with diverse individuals and families in terms of race/ethnicity, age, socioeconomic status, and mental/dual diagnoses. Learn how she works with Lstinx in Silicon Valley through her work at Stanford Health Care. https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikagarciarangellcsw/
May 06, 2021•36 min
Dr. Palacios joins us again to talk about how she works with entrepreneurs who are exhibiting tremendous amounts of stress and anxiety. She discusses strategies in her Stress Management Program and how entrepreneurs benefit from identifying stressors which are sometimes induced by cultural expectations in our community. You can connect with Dr. Palacios to learn about her work or to tap her expertise to support you or your company: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-palacios-consulting/ Or em...
Apr 28, 2021•32 min
AJ DeLeon is the founder of Innovare through which he is leading a scaling social enterprise which drives continuous improvement and social innovation within the education ecosystem. We talk about his journey as a founder and how he and his co-founders are leveraging their diverse skill sets to launch a successful app that helps leaders in education and the nonprofit sector use data strategically to combine usually disparate systems into one single dashboard to guide decision-making in schools a...
Apr 15, 2021•40 min
Monica Black is the founder of Function, an investor syndicate connecting South Florida's private wealth community with early stage technology, investment opportunities across the world. We talk about her journey into VC and why she decided to relocate to Miami before other VCs made the move there. She talks about how and why she decided to create a syndicate, how investors can join and how founders can fundraise from syndicates. https://function.vc/ Twitter: @monicasblack...
Apr 08, 2021•34 min
Lynda Ruiz grew up in a small farming community in California’s Central Valley. As the daughter of educators, she learned from her dad about the importance of learning to code and pursued the STEM path. We talk about her growth as a software engineer and how she has overcome some challenges as a Latina by joining communities such as Techqueria and also becoming a role model to my underrepresented youth in rural communities. https://www.linkedin.com/in/lyndarubyruiz/ https://techqueria.org/ https...
Mar 31, 2021•27 min
Claudia is a LatinX entrepreneur, community advocate and an alumna of Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative Education-Scaling Program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She is the Founder and CEO of Calibueno, a licensed cannabis company in Oakland, CA. Claudia uses her passion for cannabis along with her life experience in a working-class Latino community to build a cannabis industry that is inclusive and diverse. https://www.calibueno.co/
Mar 18, 2021•29 min
Dr. Palacios’ mission is to empower others through her work and experiences as a clinical psychologist, business consultant, and public speaker. She talks about her journey, her personal experience with trauma, approaches to treat anxiety and depression and how this moved her into a new direction.
Mar 11, 2021•38 min
Brad has been an early-stage investor and entrepreneur since 1987. He is also a best selling author, an advocate and an active venture capitalist. We talk about learning, growing, the importance of diversity and becoming part of entrepreneurial ecosystems. We center the conversation on his latest book, The Startup Community Way, which he co-authored with Ian Hathaway. https://foundrygroup.com/team/brad-feld/ https://www.amazon.com/Brad-Feld/e/B0043MYSL8...
Mar 03, 2021•28 min
Javier Llerena is an Executive Coach elevating and empowering Latinx leaders. Javier started his corporate career at Oracle as a Direct Marketing Executive and ended it as a Managing Director of Magpie Technologies. After realizing that his passion lies in helping others propel their careers forward and enhance their personal lives, he transitioned into leadership coaching and strength-based facilitation. www.thealistleaders.com
Feb 24, 2021•28 min
Dr. Roman is a clinical psychologist licensed in California and Mexico with 28 years of experience. She offers a combination of both cultures and both worlds of psychology. She specializes in trauma, sexual abuse, and immigration issues. We talk about trauma and how it manifests itself in the workplace and at home - especially for Latinx in tech. We also role play strategies for overcoming the fear of asking for a raise and discuss how one can tap therapy and practice self-care. Please note that...
Feb 17, 2021•36 min
Arthur Garcia is the Co-founder & COO of SOMOS, the first dynamic platform impacting +650 million Latin@s for future tailored health and drug discovery. Arthur is also Co-founder of the Contabi Alliance, an international association of independent accounting firms. We talk about his journey from keeping the books for his parents' Taco truck and paleteria businesses to eventually being recognized as a Top 20 under 40 leader in accounting twice in the last 5 years. Arthur is also an alumnus of...
Feb 10, 2021•29 min
Cheryl is passionate about the intersection of finance, technology, and social impact. She is the Head of Venture Growth and Partnerships at Republic, a one-stop-shop for founders to raise capital from both accredited and non-accredited investors. She is focused on introducing underrepresented founders to both traditional and alternative funding sources in order to help their startups thrive. In other direct investing roles, she is a scout for Lightspeed and an investment partner at The Communit...
Feb 03, 2021•34 min
Trailer featuring Cheryl Campos, Brad Feld, Arthur Garcia, and Dr. Stephanie Palacios. Latinxamerica.com LatinxAmericamedia.com
Jan 29, 2021•7 min
Raul Hernandez Ochoa is an author, business coach and consultant. We talk about his journey and how he helps startups and executives grow. We also discuss his book Productive Profits: The Founder’s Guide to Scaling Your Impact and his podcast Do Good Work. https://dogoodwork.io/work-with-raul
Jan 28, 2021•32 min
Sarah Irene Mendoza is a Bay Area Producer at Pandora. She talks about breaking into tech and how she has grown from starting as a receptionist to becoming a producer. She was podcasting when podcasting was new and she has been able to combine her passion for music, production skills and experience to tackle new career challenges, beat any mental blocks and learn how to advocate for herself at work. https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahirene/...
Jan 21, 2021•26 min
Susana is the Chief Operating Officer of Pandia Health. We talk about her journey into tech and how she became a serial founder. She talks about how she transitioned into becoming a COO and why she is focused on women health and her keen interest in the Latinx community. https://www.pandiahealth.com/
Jan 15, 2021•20 min
Wil-Dog Abers is the owner at Culture Management Group and Ozomatli. We talk about his journey as an entrepreneur and as a musician launching Ozomatli and el Gavachillo. We talk about how he recruited talent and built the band from the ground up mixing different Latin sounds. He is now creating access by leading a management group which manages bands and artists such Las Cafeteras and Sonny Singh - a Chicano Band from East Los Angeles. https://www.culturemanagement.com/ https://lascafeteras.com/...
Dec 31, 2020•26 min
This is part of a special series done in collaboration with VMware. Michael Bender is the sponsor of the Latinx Pod at VMware. We talk about his commitment to diversity and why he decided to sponsor this ERG. We also discuss some of the initiatives with local universities and how they could change the landscape of diversity in tech. To learn more about careers at VMware, please visit: https://careers.vmware.com/main/
Dec 24, 2020•24 min
Luis Alejandro Liang is an advocate, a DREAMer, and an ERG leader. He talks about the challenges he has faced as an unDACAmented person and why he chose to work for a tech company focusing on social impact. We talk about how he has overcome imposter syndrome. Connect with Luis at https://www.linkedin.com/in/luisalejandroliang/
Dec 17, 2020•24 min
Hector Ouilhet talks about how he has contributed to evolving the culture of Human-Centric Design at Google to foster innovation. His journey has taken him to different parts of the world and his curiosity has helped him grow into a leader at Google and in his field while maintaining a balance in life and work. Some resources mentioned: https://design.google/library/contrary-to-popular-belief/ https://design.google/...
Dec 11, 2020•31 min
Sergio C. Munoz is the founder at Intelatin. We talk about his career and why he decided to focus on providing access to capital for BIPOC entrepreneurs. Here are some resources mentioned during the interview: LA Startup Resource Guide from Founder Institute Beatriz Acevedo and her new startup SUMA Wealth Tayde Aburto and the United States Business Association of E-Commerce The Intake at Intelatin Sergio talking about Gender Equity in the Venture Capital Industry on PBS...
Dec 02, 2020•33 min
Jacob Martinez is the founder and executive director of DigitalNest and he talks about his journey as a founder and his passion for moving the Latinx community forward. This nonprofit is training and helping place a diverse workforce in tech. Having trained over 2000 students in web development, project management and digital arts, DigitalNest is expanding to Gilroy to scale their impact. You can learn more and support their efforts by visiting: https://digitalnest.org/
Nov 25, 2020•25 min
Alex is an award-winning community leader and social impact entrepreneur. Through community engagement and content and event production he has built Silicon Valley Latino LLC. SVL focuses on empowering and engaging the Latino community and works closely with Tech companies in the area. You can learn more about Alex and his work and connect with him by visiting www.svlatino.com.
Nov 19, 2020•37 min
Kelly is Director of Employee Experience and Diversity at KeepTruckin. We talk about her commitment focused on engaging and developing employees and creating inclusive places where people can own their identity. We also talk about her transition from SolarCity to Tesla, what KeepTruckin is all about and why they are actively recruiting diverse talent.
Nov 12, 2020•26 min
This is an episode powered by VMware’s Latinx Pod. Christina Ulate is a Manager of Information Security Governance based in San Jose, Costa Rica. She talks about how she transitioned from education into tech. We also talk about her professional growth at VMware and the opportunities she has had to thrive in this global company. If you would like to learn more about careers at VMware please visit: https://careers.vmware.com/main
Nov 10, 2020•23 min
