10 Latinas to be named “Next Generation Latina”

8602382277?profile=originalTen outstanding Latinas, from around the country, are to be honored on Monday, November 12th at the first-ever Next Generation Latina Awards.

The awards will be presented by Latina Magazine, in partnership with The National Council of La Raza and the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, at a private breakfast at the Affinia Manhattan Hotel in New York City and will feature a keynote address by playwright and Tony Award nominee, Quiara Hudes, (“In the Heights”).

The 10 recipients are: Texas State Representative, Mary Gonzalez (El Paso, Texas); Southern California Advocacy Coordinator and Latino Outreach Specialist at NRDC, Linda Escalante (Los Angeles, CA); founder of StudentMentor.org, Stephanie Bravo (San Jose, CA); founder and owner of the Art of Stepping, Jessica Saul (New York, NY); founder of non-profit CHICA, Nurys Camargo (Boston, MA); therapist and leader of Voz y Corazon Latina Teen Suicide Prevention Program, Esmeralda Santillano (Aurora, CO); blogger of Viva Fashion, Carmen Ordonez (Miami, FL); founder of DREAMS IN HEELS PR, Olga-Maria Czarkowski (New York, NY); founder of Iowa’s Latino Heritage Festival, Christina Fernandez-Morrow (Des Moines, IA); and one of three Latina business school professors at a top 25 business school in the U.S., Angelica S. Gutierrez, Ph.D. (Los Angeles, CA). READ MORE

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