Leadership | Hola America News https://holaamericanews.com The Midwest's Latino News Source Mon, 13 Jan 2025 15:09:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://holaamericanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Leadership | Hola America News https://holaamericanews.com 32 32 Latina Leadership Initiative Welcomes New Cohort of Leaders https://holaamericanews.com/latina-leadership-initiative-welcomes-new-cohort-of-leaders/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=latina-leadership-initiative-welcomes-new-cohort-of-leaders Sat, 11 Jan 2025 18:17:34 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=27879 By Christina Fernández-Morrow When Iowa’s first professional leadership development program designed specifically for Latinas launched in 2013, the founders had no idea how wildly transformative it would become. Today, Latina […]

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]]> Melisa Fonseca becomes the first Latina on the Marshalltown city council. https://holaamericanews.com/melisa-fonseca-becomes-the-first-latina-on-the-marshalltown-city-council/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=melisa-fonseca-becomes-the-first-latina-on-the-marshalltown-city-council Sat, 03 Aug 2024 23:01:09 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=26316 By Robert Maharry, Times-Republican Political newcomer Melisa Fonseca made history Tuesday, July 16th as the first Latina ever elected to the Marshalltown city council and, at age 27, one of […]

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]]> Latinas in Politics: Meet the candidates running in Moline https://holaamericanews.com/latinas-in-politics-meet-the-candidates-running-in-moline/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=latinas-in-politics-meet-the-candidates-running-in-moline Sat, 25 Mar 2023 20:15:46 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=21395 When it comes to politics, Latinos are not sitting on the sidelines anymore. They are more than some nameless and faceless “Voto Latino” campaign ad. More and more Latinos are […]

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]]> As former legislator Wayne Ford is honored, he passes the public service baton to the next generation https://holaamericanews.com/as-former-legislator-wayne-ford-is-honored-he-passes-the-public-service-baton-to-the-next-generation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=as-former-legislator-wayne-ford-is-honored-he-passes-the-public-service-baton-to-the-next-generation Sun, 22 May 2022 04:20:06 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=18877 By Staff report, Des Moines Register Former Iowa state Rep. Wayne Ford used an event intended to honor him and his public service legacy as a platform to call on […]

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]]> Latino youth education nonprofit Al Éxito celebrates the graduation of 32 Iowa program participants https://holaamericanews.com/latino-youth-education-nonprofit-al-exito-celebrates-the-graduation-of-32-iowa-program-participants/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=latino-youth-education-nonprofit-al-exito-celebrates-the-graduation-of-32-iowa-program-participants Tue, 10 May 2022 04:37:24 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=18688 By Grace Altenhofen, Des Moines Register When North High School senior Agustin Oropeza joined Al Éxito seven years ago, he had hesitations. He wasn’t sure the Des Moines-based organization dedicated […]

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]]> Dr. Ahmed Agyeman Named New Director of Evelyn K. Davis Center for Working Families https://holaamericanews.com/dr-ahmed-agyeman-named-new-director-of-evelyn-k-davis-center-for-working-families/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dr-ahmed-agyeman-named-new-director-of-evelyn-k-davis-center-for-working-families Fri, 21 May 2021 17:50:27 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=14464 Dr. Agyeman (above) has served in multiple roles at DMACC, most recently as the College’s Director for Community and Global Engagement. Dr. Agyeman began his post-secondary education at DMACC after […]

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]]> Alvaro Macias is running for Moline City Council https://holaamericanews.com/alvaro-macias-is-running-for-moline-city-council/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alvaro-macias-is-running-for-moline-city-council Sat, 07 Nov 2020 00:04:11 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=12568 They do not have the drama of national elections, but at times, local elections are even more important than national elections because the elected representatives know better the needs of […]

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]]> Book review: Leadership in Turbulent Times by Doris Kearns Goodwin https://holaamericanews.com/book-review-leadership-in-turbulent-times-by-doris-kearns-goodwin/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=book-review-leadership-in-turbulent-times-by-doris-kearns-goodwin Wed, 19 Aug 2020 01:11:21 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=11754 By Roberto Carmona of Carmona Strategic Solutions   Leadership in Turbulent Times (LTT) by Doris Kearns-Goodwin’s (DKG) is an excellent book on leadership which focuses on the lives, challenges and […]

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]]> Opinion: Life in the pandemic: Women leaders rock personal, professional brands https://holaamericanews.com/opinion-life-in-the-pandemic-women-leaders-rock-personal-professional-brands/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=opinion-life-in-the-pandemic-women-leaders-rock-personal-professional-brands Thu, 23 Apr 2020 15:15:06 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=10760 By Suzanna de Baca, Originally published on LIFT Iowa a Business Record publication Pets. Kids. Sweatshirts. Home offices. Spotty internet connections. In just one month of social distancing and remote […]

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]]> The Community Leadership Program is a great opportunity to improve your leadership skills https://holaamericanews.com/the-community-leadership-program-is-a-great-opportunity-to-improve-your-leadership-skills/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-community-leadership-program-is-a-great-opportunity-to-improve-your-leadership-skills Mon, 17 Feb 2020 23:13:55 +0000 https://holaamericanews.com/?p=10508 In recent years psychologists have shown that leadership skills can be a learned trait. In other words, leadership is not something people are born with and it is attainable to […]

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