Our Purpose
Our mission is to advocate for the social, political, and economic opportunity and empowerment of the Latino/x community in Massachusetts.
We envision a
Commonwealth where:
The Latino/x community is strong, respected, politically active and well- represented in leadership roles across the private, nonprofit, philanthropic and public sectors.
Latinos have equitable opportunities to contribute to our economy, grow, prosper and live healthy, productive lives.
Steering Committee
Rosalin Acosta
Former Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development,
Unidos in Power Vice Chair
Zamawa Arenas
Founder & CEO,
Flowetik
Phyllis Barajas
Founder & CEO,
Conexión
Joseph R. Betancourt
M.D., President, The Commonwealth Fund Unidos in Power Chair
Vanessa Calderón-Rosado
Ph.D., CEO, IBA – Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción
Matilda “Mattie” Castiel
MD, Health and Human Services Commissioner,
City of Worcester
Elizabeth Cruz
President, Latin American
Business Organization
Noemi Custodia-Lara
Vice President of Lawrence Campus & Community Relations, Northern Essex Community College
Xiomara DeLobato
Vice President and Chief of Staff
Western Mass Economic Development Council
Amanda Fernandez
Founder & CEO,
Latinos for Education
Natalia V. Hilton
President, ALPFA Boston
Javier Juarez
Director,
Latino Equity Fund
María A. Juncos-Gautier
PhD, Executive Director of the Latino Education Institute at Worcester State University
Frances Martinez
President Founder – CEO
North Shore Latino Business Association
Andrew Melendez
Founder/Director, Latino Economic
Development Corporation
Juan Carlos Morales
Managing Partner, Surfside Capital Advisors
Grace R. Moreno
CEO, Massachusetts LGBT
Chamber of Commerce
Isis Ortiz
President, Association of Latino
Professionals for America
Eneida Roman
CEO,
Amplify Latinx
Natalia Urtubey
Foundation Fellow,
Eastern Bank Foundation
Latinos are a major source for human capital.
22% of students in Massachusetts are Latino.
The Latino community will make up over 35% of the workforce by 2030.
Funding Partners
We deeply appreciate our funding partners for their support.
Individual Sponsors
Rosalin Acosta
Damien Cabezas
Marcela Aldaz-Matos
Noemi Custodia-Lara
Cesar Archilla
Migdalia Diaz
Joseph Betancourt
Cesar Ruiz
