Category: Women
Latina Cubicle Confidential™ — Do You Know What You’re Worth to Your Employer?
By Dr. Maria G. Hernandez Latina Cubicle Confidential™ In the next two years, the US Latino population will top 50 million and our purchasing power will exceed $1 Trillion. Just to put that in perspective, there are more Spanish-speaking people in the US than all the residents of Canada. This is the largest economic power [...]
Latina Cubicle Confidential™– What Does YOUR Personal Brand Say About You?
By Dr. Maria G. Hernandez Latina Cubicle Confidential™ Whether you set out to create it or not, you have a personal brand! It is just as powerful as the branding associated with the kind of car you drive, the make-up you buy or your favorite beverage. When I talk about personal brands at workshops, I [...]
Latina Cubicle Confidential™ — Is Your Pink Slip Showing?
By Dr. Maria G. Hernandez Latina Cubicle Confidential™ “Your job has been eliminated”. These words can hang in the air for a bit longer than anything else you planned to hear in a phone call from your boss or at an impromptu meeting for you and several other employees in a conference room. Some companies [...]
Latina Cubicle Confidential™ — It’s Not About Being Busy, It’s About Results
By Dr. Maria G. Hernandez Latina Cubicle Confidential™ I have yet to meet a Latina that isn’t a poster child for Super Woman. We plan weddings, quinceñeras, baptisms, parties — all the while juggling the family routines of getting kids to school, paying bills and putting dinner on the table. Somehow we then manage to [...]
Latina Cubicle Confidential™: La Chismosa—Is this YOU?
By Dr. Maria G. Hernandez Latina Cubicle Confidential™ I grew up hearing a common dicho or proverb in Spanish: No me gusta, pero me entretiene — I may not like it but it is entertaining. This is what I heard just before someone started in on the latest gossip at the dinner table or at [...]
Though immigrant women lead the wave of New Americans, many face obstacles while contributing to their new home
LatinaLista — Tomorrow is International Women’s Day and the United States is probably the most fitting country to celebrate such a global observance. The United States, more than any other country, traces the country’s growth on the contributions of immigrants. Where in the past immigrants were predominantly male, the tide has shifted and now more [...]
Latina Cubicle Confidential™ — You’ve Been Dissed—Now What?
By Dr. Maria G. Hernandez Latina Cubicle Confidential™ It happens to all of us at some point in our careers. Someone at a meeting or in a hallway conversation says to you, “maybe this isn’t something a person like you would understand …” or “you can’t do this, it’s beyond your abilities”. Ouch, you have [...]
Latina Cubicle Confidential™ — Mentors and Sponsors At Work — You Need Both
By Dr. Maria G. Hernandez Latina Cubicle Confidential™ It should come as no surprise that successful people have mentors — someone who takes time to help you navigate your workplace and the career decisions that impact your future success. Some large corporations are even making the effort to formally provide mentors for new employees or [...]
The emotional toll of being undocumented
By Jennifer Patiño Latina Voices Maria, 42 and Esmeralda, 35 are both undocumented women facing mental health challenges. Maria has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and depression. She has been hospitalized four times as a result of suicide attempts and post-partum depression. She is currently receiving treatment for herself and previously sought help for her family [...]
New website puts girls “In the Know” about sexual health issues
LatinaLista — Though yesterday’s surprise announcement that the Susan G. Komen for the Cure charity is severing its partnership with Planned Parenthood, resulting in a loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant money that was mostly used for breast exams for Planned Parenthood clients, there are other organizations still actively working to make [...]
