Joelle Martinez, President & CEO of the Latino Leadership Institute, reflects on her family’s inspiring legacy. Her grandmother was the first Latina to lead the Denver City Council, helping pave the way for Joelle’s own leadership journey. Don’t miss this inspiring interview with 9News and follow Dr. Jauna Bordas’ Latina Leaders Rising series.
Don’t miss this inspiring interview with 9News and follow Dr. Jauna Bordas’ Latina Leaders Rising series.
“If we don’t have entrepreneurs growing relative to the demographic shifts happening, you’re not going to have as many businesses, not going to have as many places to buy from and the dollars won’t circulate from the economy at the same rate,” says Harry Hollines, LLI Chief Strategy Officer, in this recent Denver Post article. Read more.
“It makes sense then for Latinas to think ‘I need more money, and the only way I’m going to get more money is if I’m my own boss,'” Joelle Martinez, President & CEO of the Latino Leadership Institute, said in this recent Forbes article. Read more.
Joelle Martinez joins Colorado Public Radio’s Nathan Heffel and Denver7’s Micah Smith to discuss the complexities of Latino identity.