Cultura Ambassador
Sophia Chavez, Latina graphic designer and LMU senior, grew up watching her community's cultura get celebrated while the people behind it stayed invisible. She didn't look away. She built her thesis around it.
Business
Jazmin Diaz built her career navigating unfamiliar spaces with resilience, intention, and determination. Then she built a company to help others do the same. SVL sits down with the Founder of Flourish Learning & Development — and the answer this series has been building toward.
Cultura Ambassador
Most people in the moving industry move things. Griselda Gonzalez moves industries. This month, May 2026, she becomes Chair of the Board of the California Moving and Storage Association — the sixth woman and the first immigrant Latina to hold the position in its more than 100-year history
Cultura Ambassador
Angela Flores Robertson didn't wait for permission. A first-gen Latina, SVL Cultura Ambassador, and Advisory Board member — she builds the table and makes sure every seat is filled.
Business
Jessica Gonzalez started baking in high school with no business plan and no roadmap — just love for her familia and her craft. Today Jess Custom Cakes is one of the most optimistic Latino-owned businesses in Charlotte, NC. And in 2026 she is just getting started.
Business
The California wine industry was built on Latino labor. Now a new generation is claiming ownership. Silicon Valley Latino sits down with David Salazar of Reclamación Wines — and the story he tells belongs to all of us.
Business
Latino-owned businesses are growing ten times faster than white-owned businesses. Latina-owned firms grew 82% in five years. And yet four doors are closing simultaneously on Latino and Latina entrepreneurs. Silicon Valley Latino names them all — and why community investment has never mattered more.
Cultura Ambassador
Jazmin Diaz has navigated worlds — from México to the U.S., from the classroom to Silicon Valley's executive floors. As a leader, author, mother of four, and Founder of Flourish Learning & Development, she has built her career on one belief: growth is possible for anyone willing to do the work…
Social Impact Advocates
In Silicon Valley, where innovation is celebrated and resources flow freely, Latina women have too often been left out of that story. Unidas Somos Más Fuertes (USMF) was built specifically to change that.
Cultura Ambassador
He came to the U.S. to learn English. He left with a global vision. Seen's story is proof that curiosity is a business strategy — and that the best opportunities live exactly where worlds collide
Business
Natalia turned a pandemic kitchen experiment into Flor de Chile, now on Bay Area shelves. A Women's History Month spotlight on Latina entrepreneurship.
Business
The SBA has banned legal permanent residents from federal small business loans. Here's what it means for Latino entrepreneurs, and what SVL is doing about it.