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Listen First, Then Build | Reese Alvernaz Collegiate Cultura Ambassador
Santa Clara engineering student Reese Alvernaz founded Harvesting Justice to amplify farmworker voices. Meet SVL’s newest Collegiate Cultura Ambassador.
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She Learned to Read People at a Flea Market. Now She's Teaching Leaders How to Listen.
Nancy Marmolejo spent decades helping leaders find their voice. Now she's teaching them to listen. Meet the newest SVL Executive Cultura Ambassador.
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Nancy Rosales on the move in her new Ford Edge Eco Boost!
Cultura Ambassador, Nancy Rosales, is a driven Entrepreneur, Business Innovator, Game Changer, Winner of the Latina Style Magazine Entrepreneur award and an "Inspire Higher Tour
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She Did Not Wait for Permission | Alexis Martinez Collegiate Cultura Ambassador
Her grandparents worked the fields of Nuevo León and Oaxaca so their children could go further. Their granddaughter is commissioning as a United States Air Force Officer. Alexis Martinez is a 4.0 cadet, a single mother, and the next generation of Latina leadership in America.
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Dr. Antonio López: From East Palo Alto to Stanford, Poet Laureate
He was the first in his family to graduate college. Now he's Dr. Antonio López: Marshall Scholar, former Mayor of East Palo Alto, and San Mateo County's Poet Laureate. This is the story of a bridge built wide enough for everyone who comes next.
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Built to Last: The Career Journey of Arnie Lopez, SVL Advisory Board Member
Arnie Lopez came to the Bay Area from La Paz, Bolivia as a young child. Thirty years later, he is VP of Systems Engineering at Forescout, a global leader in Frontier AI cybersecurity. This is what persistence looks like.
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Griselda Gonzalez Makes History as CMSA Chairwoman
It's official. Griselda Gonzalez has been installed as Chairwoman of the California Moving & Storage Association. The first immigrant Latina and only the sixth woman to lead the association in its 108-year history.
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She Made the Invisible Visible - Sophia Chavez, Collegiate 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.
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Griselda Gonzalez: From El Salvador to Chair of the Board.
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
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Angela Flores Robertson: First-Gen Latina Leader, Cultura Ambassador, and SVL Advisory Board Member
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.
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Jazmin Diaz: Leading with Purpose, Growing with Intention
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…
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From La Paz to the World: How One Latino Founder Built Bridges Between Continents
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