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Dominican University announced that to celebrate the memory and legacy of Fr. Samuel Mazzuchelli, the pioneer missionary priest who founded the congregation of the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters, each of the university’s schools will recognize a recent alumnus whose characteristics echo that of “Fr. Sam.” Each of these alumni will be known as a “Young Mazzuchelli Model.” Dominican’s Brennan School of Business will present alumnus Roberto Sepulveda (MBA 2010) as its Young Mazzuchelli Model on the e

On February 7, 2014 ezDinero launched a multi-national online alternate lending solution that helps first-time borrowers connect with experts in personal loans. Founded in 2013, we serve primarily a Spanish-speaking market and our experts are bilingual English-Spanish. ezDinero has over 30,0000 locations throughout the United States and Mexico.

Victor Torres is CEO of ezDinero and holds and MBA in Finance from Yale University.

The Navy prides itself on being a top diversity employer, and in the past several years, has increased its efforts to improve diversity outreach, awareness, and recruiting.

Diversity allows for a stronger, talented work force, and outreach in recruiting increases the number of individuals with whom recruiters may connect to discuss Navy opportunities.

According to Ty Fitzgerald, PRISM Media Relations, the Navy Strategic Diversity Working Group earned the Association of Diversity Council’s numbe

From Venezuela's oil, to copper from Chile, Argentinean soybeans, bananas from Ecuador, Mexican silver, and timber from Brazil - the vast region is blessed with a fabulous array of commodities the world wants and needs.

But Latin America has been less good at exporting ideas. When it comes to entrepreneurship and innovation, the region has a poor record.

While the countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) spend an average of 2.4% of their gross domestic prod

ezDinero is an alternate lending solution service specializing in no credit loans, including car title and payday loans.  

It is a national online service that helps first-time borrowers connect with experts in personal loans. We serve primarily a Spanish-speaking market and our experts are bilingual English-Spanish.  The site launched on February 7 2014 and is expanding rapidly.

Our team members are at the top of their field, and ezDinero has been recommended by prominent personal finance experts

Four years ago, Angel Herrera, 29, together with his brother and father, started investing in properties in Miami during the real estate slump, closing on two $6.6 million deals –- all in cash.

In Venezuela, the Herreras have a food distribution company, among other businesses. But the country’s instability drove them to look elsewhere for investments.

“We were forced to come to Miami because of the security situation and we took advantage of the situation here,” Herrera explains.

The family no

Like many twentysomethings who graduated from college in recent years, Gregg Chiarello had a hard time getting a career started. Despite applying for scores of jobs on job boards and company websites, he couldn’t parlay his degree in marketing and years of retail experience into a professional position.

“I was getting nowhere,” said Chiarello, 27, of Somerville.

So Chiarello reached out to an old college friend, who suggested he apply for a job at the Cambridge biotechnology company where the f

CNN Latino, the news network directed to the Hispanic market in the US, will close down its programming operations after a year, this February.

“CNN Latino was a bold effort to emphasize CNN’s commitment to the Hispanic market in the United States,” said Isabel Bucaram , a spokeswoman for CNN in Spanish.

“During 2013 we learned a lot and will use that knowledge to continue to innovate and evolve our presence in the Hispanic community in the United States,” Bucaram added. READ MORE

Need a job? You need to network. Have a job and want to keep it? You need to network. Networking should be a career-long endeavor that is just as important as performing your job in an excellent manner. Here's why. First, if we have learned anything over the past four years, it's that job security does not exist - if it ever did. One big economic downturn - or any number of other variables you cannot control - and you could find yourself sending out resumes and hoping for a call.

Once you get t

Maria Contreras-Sweet might just be an upstart. After all, President Barack Obama's choice to lead the Small Business Administration has plenty of experience at starting and growing businesses, reports Kent Hoover of the the Business Journals' Washington Bureau.

Hoover reports that Contreras-Sweet, a Mexican immigrant, is the co-founder of Los Angeles-based community bank ProAmérica Bank as well as of the private equity fund Fortius Holdings. Finally, she has built a personal business... READ M

There's no backing out. You walk into the room, sign in and take your badge. You quickly scan for people you might know and find no one. The host is leaning into a group of people, deeply engaged in conversation. The function is half an hour old and the room is already a heaving mass of anecdotes, big bellies and 30-second job descriptions.

Bored in advance, you only just manage to stifle a yawn. Your gaze shifts down to your feet, in the hope of seeing a hole in the floor that might just open

Whether you run a small storefront business or a large corporation, or are looking for a job or a career change, the power of networking can unlock startling opportunities and bring new business or unexpected professional options. Learning from two successful Latinas who have built their careers through their networking skills could give you easy ideas to follow and help you find your own networking style.

Are you a people person?
As in every aspect of their business or career, Latinas have opt

Higher education has always been the responsibility of students and colleges, but lately businesses have started paying special attention to the numbers of graduates – or lack thereof – in the United States.

Recently, the issue in California was highlighted with Campaign for College Opportunity’s “The State of Latinos in Higher Education” study. In a nutshell, the report reveals not only that Latinos are lagging behind other ethnicities when it comes to graduating from college, but that the sta

Is 2014 going to be the year you finally land your dream job? With budgets evaluated and annual goals set, many employers are ready to welcome a crop of new team members to start the year off right. If you want to get a jump on the competition and wow the hiring managers at your next job interview, follow these six resume and interviewing tips from career experts:

Have a stand-out resume
All job seekers know that impressive qualifications on their resumes will help them stand out to a hiring ma

Latinos in America are generally optimistic about the future, despite still facing challenges such as discrimination and concerns over job security and personal finances, according to a report released Tuesday.

NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health polled nearly 1,500 Latino Americans on topics including education, finances, religion, health and jobs. More than half, or 52 percent, stated no preference on being called “Latino” or “Hispanic.”

About 44 pe

A line forms every morning at the counter inside of La Oaxaquena Bakery where the fresh baked conchas, chilindrina and empanadas smell way too good to pass up.

Ramiro Vasquez opened the bakery in the heart of the busy SW 29 business corridor about five years ago and the majority of his regulars are Hispanics.

“I think Oklahoma is one of the cities that has big potential for Hispanics,” said Vasquez, 42. “It's a city that is growing right now.” READ MORE

For many companies, the Hispanic market means a significant opportunity to expand their business. However, others think it would mean more work on their end, so why bother — but they don’t realize how much profit they’re leaving on the table.

As your business market evolves, your company will start maturing and you’ll begin to encounter the growth limit of your original market. To help your business survive and gain a considerable edge on your competition, it is vital to implement a smart growt

Now that it’s a publicly traded company, Twitter is looking to target its black and Hispanic users to generate advertising revenue.

Twitter has been relatively mum about its demographics, especially since users aren’t required to fill out their race or ethnicity in their profile. But compared to the internet as a whole, Twitter boasts more user diversity and interactivity, with 20% more ethnic minority users. It has nearly twice as many black users than Facebook, according to a recent Pew study

There is a big financial opportunity out there. You just need to know a few facts to tap into it more efficiently.
According to the latest Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. report survey, 48.7 percent of Latino households were “unbanked” or “under-banked.” This means those families have never had an interaction with a financial institution or they have poor access to mainstream financial services normally offered by retail banks.
Since Hispanics are the fastest-growing consumer market in the U.S.