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Angela Franco is a civic and inspirational leader. She serves as a Senior Advisor at the DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority and is responsible for collaboration with the business and Hispanic communities as well as with the local and Federal governments. Prior to this position, Franco worked since 2009 as
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Paula Fitzgerald, is the executive director of Ayuda. She previously served as managing attorney at Ayuda’s Virginia office. Fitzgerald’s immigration legal work focuses on humanitarian relief for individuals, children, and families. She credits her parents with instilling the values that led her to her work. Fitzgerald earned her
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Dora Hilda Escobar, better known as “La Chiquita”, is a Salvadoran immigrant that became a successful entrepreneur. With just a $40 investment, she started her business in 1991 selling water, fruits and pupusas on the soccer fields of Langley Park, a predominantly Latino neighborhood in Maryland. Today she owns five
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Barbara Ebel is the Regional Labor Exchange Administrator for the Montgomery & Prince George’s Counties American Job Center Community Network. Before joining the Labor Exchange Administrator she was the Assistant Director for the Migrant Program in Michigan. In this position, she helped to improve the opportunities of migrant families.
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Dr. Geraldina Dominguez is the Director of the AIDS Malignancy Program in the Office of HIV and AIDS Malignancy at the National Cancer Institute. She plays a major role in developing and managing HIV and AIDS malignancy initiatives, including initiatives that increase research capacity in resource-constrained settings. She received her
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Margarita Dilone is a Certified Insurance Counselor, President and Chief Executive Officer of Crystal Insurance Group, Inc. — a business she started from scratch. She serves as a Volunteer and Chair of the Board of Directors for Housing Counseling Services, Inc., a non-profit dedicated to Affordable Housing and Tenant Advocacy. In
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Fredy Diaz, The Founder and President of Telecel Marketing Solutions, has over 18 years of experience in the call center and direct marketing industries. He founded his business in the year 2000. Nowadays Telecel is a top sales company for DirecTV, AT&T & Comcast. There are more than
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Eduardo Diaz is the director of the Smithsonian Latino Center, which will open the Molina Family Latino Gallery in 2021, making it the very first dedicated museum space on the National Mall celebrating the U.S. Latino experience. Díaz has successfully led the Latino Center to manage and delivery exhibitions,
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Carla Decker is CEO of DC Credit Union – a consumer owned co-operative and Community Development Financial Institution. Under Carla’s leadership, the Credit Union pursues a mission of financial inclusion to serve, elevate, and give voice to all in the District through affordable, safe and friendly financial services, credit and
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Patricia De Lima immigrated to Virginia from her native Venezuela in 2004. She became the first Hispanic woman to lead El Zol Radio’s afternoon show and soon after moved to take over El Zol’s morning show where she has become El Zol’s most popular and beloved on-air
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Maria Patricia Corrales is a business and community leader in Washington, D.C. Her contributions have helped build a strong foundation to help Latino-owned enterprises and Latino-led nonprofit organizations flourish and prosper for the advancement of all Latinos in The District. Corrales is the President of Fiesta DC, which hosts
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Ruby Corado has lived in Washington, D.C. for the past 27 years, after she fled a civil war in her native country, El Salvador. Corado has devoted the last 20 years to advocating for the inclusion of transgender, genderqueer, and gender non-conforming, gay, lesbian, and bisexual people in mainstream