Latino Leaders articles from October 2001

Latino Leaders archives from October 2001

Letters.(Carta al editor)
October 1, 2001... I didn't know of your magazine. However, as author/editor of Hispanic American Voluntary Organizations, a copy was sent to my publisher and forwarded to me. I am impressed! I was especially interested in the article on Moctesuma Esparza. ...

Editor's note.
October 1, 2001... At my desk adding the final touches to this, the latest issue of LATINO LEADERS, I am strikingly aware of how immobile I have been as our photographers, reporters, and publishers have journeyed the length and breadth of the country to bring...

Pete Garcia to oversee sales & marketing for Latin America and the Caribbean.(Continental Airlines)
October 1, 2001... Continental Airlines announced that Pete C. Garcia, formerly Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, will now oversee the airline's sales and marketing efforts for all of Latin America and the...

Up & coming.(conferences and events)(Calendario)
October 1, 2001... The Nation's Premier Diversity Career Expo Westin Bonaventure Hotel October 3, 2001 Los Angeles, CA Hyatt Regency Crystal City November 13, 2001 Arlington, VI Contact: (800) 565-9342 www.HireDiversity.com/getaway/hd...

Guadalupe Gonzalez: FBI special agent in charge: Phoenix, Arizona.(Federal Bureau of Investigation)(Entrevista)
October 1, 2001... What are the requirements to get into the FBI? You have to have a degree, be at least 23 years old, and if your degree is not in accounting or law, then you must have three years' professional experience to apply. However, any number of...

The Domino effect: Marco Ramirez: Miami, Florida.(playwright)(Entrevista)
October 1, 2001... It was a glittering evening for Marco Ramirez. The eighteen-year-old high school senior's one-act play "Domino" was on the boards at a real-live theater, the Coconut Grove Playhouse. Marco's play had been such a hit when his fellow drama...

Ruth Livier: behind the scenes of Resurrection Boulevard.(actress)(Entrevista)
October 1, 2001... It is a story in itself--the making of the story--that the final cut never tells. Resurrection Boulevard, Showtime's weekly drama about an East Los Angeles Latino family, is filmed in a converted pencil factory in Chatsworth, California. With...

Diversity: weakness turns to strength Leading Hispanic affairs spokesperson Frank Gomez offers his vision of Hispanic organizations, leadership, and the diversity strategies that have enabled Philip Morris to maintain its competitive edge.(Entrevista)
October 1, 2001... Q. What can you tell us about your origins? A. My father was born in Arizona, and be met my mother in South Dakota where he was looking for work. After his father died in Chihuahua, Mexico, he came back to the States and met my mother, a...

Hot couture: unfortunately my mother wasn't here to see my success, which I would have liked. But she had her revenge on my father, because by the time he died I was making much, much more money than he ever made in his life.(fashion designer Oscar de la Renta)(Entrevista)
October 1, 2001... Oscar de la Renta Fashion Designer 550 Seventh Avenue New York NY 10018 (212) 354-6777) www.oscardelarenta.com If there is a New World aristocracy, Oscar de la Renta is its aesthetic personification. Urbane and elegant,...

The building blocks of success.(real estate developer Jorge Perez)(Entrevista)
October 1, 2001... Jorge Perez The Related Group of Florida 2828 Coral Way PH 1 Miami Fl 33145 www.relatedgroup.com (305) 460-9900 A classically handsome and dapper man, noted for his loyalty to friends, his passion for designing cities,...

Leaving his Mark.(soccer player)(Entrevista)
October 1, 2001... Marco Etcheverry MAESA DC United Midfielder 5249 Columbia Pike Arlington VA 22204 (703) 892-7041 www.etcheverrysoccwer.com Marco Etcheverry probably shook his head and laughed when not one, but two, showboats shed their...