Hispanic Heritage Month

Part 3: Caramel colored skin My brownest child turns 11 today and I’m feeling joy at watching her grow and sadness at seeing the last vestiges of babyhood leave her body. No longer a thick thighed baby, she is tall and lean with long fingers and big feet. My baby, …

Improving accessibility in the workplace was at the forefront our recent event, honoring both National Disability Employment Awareness Month and Latinx Heritage Month — At BCG Digital Ventures, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive, equitable working environment for all. As we celebrate both National Disability Employment Awareness Month and Latinx Heritage Month, we are beyond excited to welcome Catarina Rivera, DEI Consultant, Disability Public Speaker, and founder of Blindish Latina, a platform smashing…

Nurse Activist, Professor, and Editor — Dr. Anna Maria Valdez was born and raised in California. She entered nursing after finding an article in the local newspaper about a vocational nursing program. In this article, she was able to learn about the success stories of similarly marginalized students. She graduated with her Associate’s in Nursing from…

Nurse, Scientist, and Health Policy Staffer — Alison Hernandez was born and raised in Mexico. She received her Bachelor’s in Psychology and Spanish from the University of Miami in Miami, Florida. In 2014, she graduated with her Master’s in Nursing. Upon graduation, she worked as a Medical-Surgical Nurse at Advocate Health Care in the Greater Chicago area…

Public Health Nurse and Nurse Educator — Dr. Adelita Cantu, a native of San Antonio, Texas, is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing at UT Health in San Antonio, Texas and Public Health Nurse. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Incarnate Word College San Antonio, TX and then went on to complete…

How culture and community shaped perspective as a leader — By: Juliette Fernandez, Project Leader at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Complex in southwest Washington For Juliette Fernandez, there are a couple things that are never far from her thoughts, even as she tackles the many daily decisions necessary to successfully manage the Ridgefield NWR Complex in southwest Washington. These…

Nurse Leader & Virtual Care Coordinator — Edwin Dizon’s nursing career has spanned over twenty years — but if it was up to his parents he would have become a doctor. At their encouragement, he started college for pre-med, but after three years found it was their dream and not his. Learning about nursing from his cousin…

This post was written by Habu software engineer, Martín Vargas-Vega, as part of our new #PassTheMic series. I grew up in the raspberry and strawberry fields of Watsonville, California — picking America’s produce with my parents who were migrant laborers. Even before I could work in the fields myself, I…