Maricella Herrera Avila CEO of Ellevate Network, A Global Professional Network for Women+

Let's talk about the power of networks within our global communities. Maricella Herrera Avila, CEO of the Ellevate Network is creating new leadership in a global community of professional women+. Maricella is the first Latina to be the CEO of this global organization and she brings with her the financial tenacity and leadership to build strength in numbers for a new diverse community. We open with her journey from El Salvador to Mexico, where she worked in corporate real estate banking, and worked on providing credit funding for low income housing development projects in the north of Mexico. As we discuss her leadership journey, we both acknowledge how the pandemic and the recent overturning of the Roe vs. Wade has provided enormous set backs for Latinas in the job market, and that leadership, particularly middle management or managers are where the most impact for real change can happen. Thank you to Auntie Elsie's Oatmeal Crisps Holiday Gift Boxes for sponsoring this podcast and to the Ellevate Network on their Women in Leadership discussion. Please follow Latinas From The Block To The Boardroom on IG, LinkedIn and Facebook and share our podcast through our newsletter at Latinasb2b.com. Produced by Theresa E. Gonzales of 5-E Leadership and Marketing and Robert Lopez, Audio Engineer and Sound Design.