Today, we bring you another one of our favorite interviews with Latinas in the corporate world. The Chief People Officer for VICE Media has spent her career building better workplaces. She’s perfected a model: reflect, visualize, act, and persist. Now she's put everything she's learned into her new book, Inclusion Revolution: The Essential Guide to Dismantling Racial Inequity in the Workplace.

Follow Daisy on on Instagram @daisyaugerdominguezw and on X (formerly Twitter) @DaisyAD. If you loved this episode, listen to to-latina.simplecast.com/episodes/powerhouse-marketer-ana-valdez-on-using-media-to-create-change">Powerhouse Marketer Ana Valdéz on Using Media to Create Change and to-latina.simplecast.com/episodes/investor-nathalie-molina-nino-boldly-speaks-truth-to-powerful-men">Investor Nathalie Molina Niño Boldly Speaks Truth to Powerful Men. 

This week, we bring you another one of our favorite conversations with Latinas in the corporate world. Carla Vernón describes herself as “a very malleable piece of clay” with a sense of pride and self-awareness. She has used that singular strength to rise from associate to executive at General Mills. She reflects on her long tenure there, being among the first in her Afro-Panamanian family to venture into the business world, and setting and keeping her own standards as she gained success and status.

Follow Carla @CarlaInspired on Instagram. If you loved this episode, listen to to-latina.simplecast.com/episodes/elisa-villanueva-beards-aha-moment-at-teach-for">Elisa Villanueva Beard's Aha Moment As Teach For America's CEO,  and to-latina.simplecast.com/episodes/remix-how-ad-exec-nancy-reyes-became-undeniable">Remix: How Ad Exec Nancy Reyes Became Undeniable.

We continue with our favorite conversations with Latinas in the corporate world.  After Alicia’s conversation with advertising superstar Nancy Reyes, she wanted to make t-shirts that read, "I am undeniable." That’s how inspiring this trailblazer’s story is. From learning that “everything feels better when you earn it” to “dealing with a massive career failure” and making the decision to go from “good to great,” Nancy’s success is a testament to what happens when grit and tenacity meet opportunity.

Follow Nancy on X (formerly Twitter) @reyesjimbo. If you loved this episode, listen to to-latina.simplecast.com/episodes/daisy-auger-dominguez-on-making-it-in-corporate-america">Daisy Auger-Dominguez on Making It in Corporate America and to-latina.simplecast.com/episodes/top-25-countdown-24-how-meg-medina-summoned-the-courage-to-write">Top 25 Countdown: #24 How Meg Medina Summoned the Courage to Write.

Our Top 25 Countdown Continues! "Who is she? What does she want? Why can't she have it?" Those are the questions the Newbery Medal-winning children's author asks about each of her young Latina protagonists. What Meg Medina wanted was to write professionally, but first, she had to get brave.

Follow Meg on Instagram @megmedinabooks. and find all her books here. If you loved this episode, listen to to-latina.simplecast.com/episodes/sonia-manzano">What Sonia Manzano Knows Kids Need and  to-latina.simplecast.com/episodes/canticos-creator-susie-jaramillo-is-defiant-about-the-worth-of-her-ideas-and-our-culture">How Canticos Creator Susie Jaramillo Built an Inclusive Kids' Brand.

This week, we bring you another one of our favorite conversations around food. As she was researching her new cookbook, Asada: The Art of Mexican Style Grilling, the LA restaurateur began to realize how men dominate the grill scene. Now, she’s trying to change that by giving others the tools and inspiration to master asada. Bricia explains the financial margins necessary to sustain a successful restaurant, and the pride and responsibility of being Oaxacan.

Follow Bricia on Instagram @bricialopez and discover the secret to incredible asada here. 

If you liked this episode, listen to and to-latina.simplecast.com/episodes/how-chef-grace-ramirez-found-her-place-outside-of-the-kitchen">How Chef Grace Ramirez Found Her Place Outside of the Kitchen and to-latina.simplecast.com/episodes/remix-chef-ariel-fox-is-expanding-our-understanding-of-authentic-cuisine">Remix: Chef Ariel Fox is Expanding Our Understanding of 'Authentic' Cuisine.

We continue with our favorite conversations around food. The VP for Dos Caminos and Del Friscos pulls back the curtain on what it takes to launch a restaurant, talks about the difference between competing on Hell's Kitchen as a newbie versus an established chef, and shares the personal change that inspired her new cookbook: Spice Kitchen: Healthy Latin and Caribbean Cuisine.

Follow Ariel on Instagram @chefarielfox. If you liked this episode, listen to to-latina.simplecast.com/episodes/why-rum-master-distiller-sylvia-santiago-will-never-quit">Why Rum Master Distiller Sylvia Santiago Will Never Quit and to-latina.simplecast.com/episodes/master-chef-lorena-garcia-says-it-takes-more-than-sharp-knives">Master Chef Lorena Garcia Says It Takes More Than Sharp Knives.

We are celebrating almost 300 episodes of Latina to Latina! For the first Monday of every month, we are counting down our top 25 episodes of all time. In between, we'll curate special playlists of some of our favorite episodes. For the next three weeks, we bring you some of our favorite conversations about food. When Karla Vasquez learned that there were virtually no Salvadoran cookbooks in print in the United States, this food writer and cooking instructor made it her mission to capture the food and the spirits of the women of El Salvador.

Follow Karla on Instagram @karla_tv and find her book here. If you loved this episode, listen to to-latina.simplecast.com/episodes/ltl-hinojosa">Why Pioneering Journalist Maria Hinojosa Put Herself in the Story and to-latina.simplecast.com/episodes/how-cristina-costantini">How Documentarian Cristina Costantini Fed Her Soul While Making Mucho Mucho Amor. 

To celebrate almost 300 episodes of Latina to Latina, for the first Monday of every month, we are counting down our top 25 episodes of all time. In between, we'll curate special playlists of some of our favorite episodes. Coming in at #25: This television executive turned entrepreneur took a major detour—mid career—to go back to school. Nely shares how that decision changed her life, as well as her insights on how to find your true purpose.

Follow Nely on instagram @nelygalan. If you loved this episode, listen to to-latina.simplecast.com/episodes/fashion-entrepreneur-lilliana-vazquez-build-something-for-yourself">Fashion Entrepreneur Lilliana Vazquez: “Build Something for Yourself” and to-latina.simplecast.com/episodes/how-carolyn-rodz-is-connecting-entrepreneurs-with-opportunities">How Carolyn Rodz Is Connecting Entrepreneurs with Opportunities. 

When her parents’ tourists visas expired, and they were no longer allowed entry into the United States, Elizabeth, an American citizen, persuaded her parents to allow her to stay in Arizona solo.  She was only 15 years-old. Even as she contended with housing and food insecurity, Elizabeth managed to graduate valedictorian of her high school class, before going on to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania. In this episode, we talk about the values tension in wanting to change the world and needing to pay rent, why the responsibilities she carried never allowed her to “let loose” like her peers, and her decision to share her story in her new memoir, “My Side of the River.”

Follow Elizabeth on instagram @lizzycancu and find her book My Side of the River here.  

If you liked this episode, listen to to-latina.simplecast.com/episodes/how-travel-empowered-nikki-vargas-to-bring-her-life-into-alignment">How Travel Empowered Nikki Vargas to Bring Her Life Into Alignment and to-latina.simplecast.com/episodes/what-jennifer-de-leon-had-to-confront-to-become-the-first-writer-in-her-family">What Jennifer De Leon Had to Confront to Become the First Writer In Her Family.

In her new book, Making the Latino South, the Hunt Family Assistant Professor in History at Duke University chronicles the dramatic racial evolution of non-Black Latinos living in the American South from the 1940s to the early 2000s.

Follow Cecilia on X (formerly Twitter) @ProfCeciliaM , and learn more about her research here, and find her book here.

If you liked this episode, listen to to-latina.simplecast.com/episodes/how-natasha-alfords-lived-experience-informs-her-political-analysis-and-storytelling">How Natasha Alford’s Lived Experience Informs Her Political Analysis and Storytelling and to-latina.simplecast.com/episodes/for-sociologist-nicole-gonzalez-van-cleve-getting-latinos-to-care-about-justice-reform-is-personal">For Sociologist Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve Getting Latinos to Care about Justice Reform Is Personal.