Episode #153: "I Have SOMETHING To Say" with special guests from United Latinas

<p>YOU ARE NOT CRAZY. NO estás LOCA. All too often Latina professionals navigate their workplaces wondering whether this “feeling” of being overlooked, overworked, underpaid, underestimated, harassed, dismissed, excluded, humiliated, pigeon-holed, tokenized, etc., is a figment of our imagination. It’s NOT.</p> <p>In this episode of I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY I talk with Sandra Noemi Torres and Ilhiana Rojas Saldana, Co-Founders of UnitedLatinas, established to <span data-ogsc="black" data-ogsb="white">empower Latinas through collaboration, speaking opportunities, entrepreneurship, and leadership development</span>.</p> <p>I thank God every day that these two women found each other. They share their lived experiences in the Corporate world and how, even in the midst of having to deal with their own challenges in the workplace, they helped other Latinas throughout their individual career journeys, before they became entrepreneurs. Then their spheres of influence touched each other despite living in two different regions of the U.S., thanks to the power of LinkedIn. Realizing there was a huge void in capacity building and leadership development designed specifically for Latinas, they decided to formally create the UnitedLatinas platform after years of creating and implementing culturally relevant programming that attracted Hispanic women across all industries.</p> <p>As a result of listening to the feedback of many Hispanic women experiencing this sense of “inadequacy” and “discomfort” in the workplace, they were able to confirm their observations regarding the most pressing areas that needed attention, which in turn informed the development of a curated leadership accelerator for Latinas entitled “Lead Extraordinary”. The program focuses on three key pillars where leadership development for Latinas is lacking and it shows us how to a) Build Community (Chica! You’re not alone!), b) Build Visibility (Nena! You’ve got a lot to share!), and c) Build Leadership Skills (Hermana! You DO have the ability lead!).</p> <p>From u