LatinxAmerica's podcast
LatinxAmerica is focused on highlighting catalysts that are using, leveraging, creating or investing in technology that can positively impact the Latinx community. Experts cover topics ranging from education, health, diversity, and civic engagement to financial stability/wealth creation.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 100
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2021
Noramay Cadena Talks About MiLa Capital and Her Leadership in LatinxVC
In collaboration with LatinxVC, we highlight Noramay Cadena - a Founding Partner at MiLA Capital, a seed-stage Venture Capital firm in Los Angeles. We talk about her personal and professional journe…
Gabriel Soto Talks About Edison Research on Latinx Listeners
Gabriel Soto talks about the findings of a recent report conducted by Edison Research and commissioned by Adonde Media, Lantigua Williams & Co., Libsyn, NPR, and Pandora titled The Latino Podcast Li…
Jacques-Philippe Piverger Talks About Investing in Underrepresented Founders and Economic Empowerment
Jacques-Philippe Piverger is co-founder and managing partner at Ozone X Ventures. He talks about impact through Ozone X Ventures’ pillars of investment which intentionally focus on backing underrepr…
John Lilly A Founder, Venture Capitalist and Silicon Valley Veteran
John Lilly shares valuable insights given his extensive experience as a founder and investor. He is the former CEO of Mozillla, a venture partner at Greylock, an independent angel investor and curren…
Ish Verduzco Talks About “How Successful People Get Ish Done”
Ish Verduzco is the author of “How Successful People Get Ish Done” and a leader and advocate of Diversity and Inclusion. We talk about his transition into D&I at Snap Inc. and how he embarked in his…
Nuno Goncalves Pedro Talks About Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital
Nuno Goncalves Pedro is a two time founder with extensive experience in consulting, tech, and VC. He talks about becoming a founder and reflects on the best career advice he has received over the yea…
Juliana Garaizar on Empowering and Recruiting Women and Minority Investors
Juliana Garaizar is a lead investor in Portfolia’s Rising America Fund and the President of the Business Angel Minority Association. She talks about how she became an investor and why she is focused …
Martha Nino Talks About Networking and Marketing
Martha Nino talks about her humble beginnings and how she transitioned into a marketing role in tech. She also shares how she has advanced in her career, as a Senior Marketing Manager, and provides …
Erika Murdock Balbuena Talks About Social Impact Roles in Tech
Erika is a leader and strategist who has been at the nexus of technology, business, and social impact for over a decade. She is currently the Global Head of Impact Computing, at Amazon Web Services, …
Sergio Marrero Talks About Creating a Pipeline for Latinx Investors
Sergio Marrero is an entrepreneur, facilitator, researcher, coach, and project manager. He is using his experience in strategy and innovation consulting, startups, research, manufacturing, venture c…
Karina Cabrera Bell on Building DEI Initiatives
Karina Cabrera Bell is a founding partner of OpenAccess a talent strategy firm that helps companies close the gender equity gap. We talk about building diverse leadership teams, DEI programs, and ho…
Miri Rodriguez: The Power of Storytelling and Building a Brand
Miri Rodriguez is the Global Head of Internships at Microsoft and an award-winning digital marketer and storyteller. She is also the author of Brand Storytelling: Put Customers at the Heart of Your …
Alicia Robb: Leading the Founders of Color Showcase at ACA
Alicia Robb from Next Wave Impact is an author, researcher, angel Investor, and managing partner of two early stage venture funds. She is also a Ph.D. economist specializing in entrepreneurship, entr…
Arlan Hamilton on Scaling Impact Through Investment and Advice
Arlan Hamilton is the Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital, Arlan has raised more than $10M, and has invested in over 100 companies led by people of color, women, and/or LGBTQ. She talks…
Laura Silva Leading on Accessibility and UX
Laura Silva is a leader in accessibility and UX. Laura was a speaker at Grace Hopper 2018 where she shared her passion for designing products with the understanding that they will be used by people …
Diversity CHAMPS: Let’s Huddle up and Launch
This is the first episode of a series titled Diversity CHAMPS: C-suite heroes advancing minority produced startups. This is part of a collaboration with the Angel Capital Association. This series wi…
Mat Chacon on Democratizing Access through Virtual Reality
Mat Chacon, a serial founder, is the CEO and founder of Doghead Simulations - a company focused on fundamentally improving the way people educate, train, and collaborate using VR. In the first part …
Max Tuchman Shares Her Experience as an edTech founder
Max Tuchman is the co-founder and CEO of Caribu - a video-calling application that allows family members to read, draw, and play games with one another while in distant locations. She shares insight…
Eli Velasquez Shares Advice for Entrepreneurs
This is the second part of an interview with Eli Velasquez from VentureWell. Eli’s shares his extensive knowledge of the entrepreneurship and funding space along with his personal experiences naviga…
Episodio Especial COVID-19 Resaltando a la Plataforma Unividoc
En este breve episodio, destacamos una plataforma que conecta a médicos de habla hispana con pacientes. Unividoc está ofreciendo su plataforma gratuitamente, durante esta pandemia, y el fundador Germ…