Tag Archives: Latinx

For the second year in a row, In The Know by Yahoo hosted a live panel of Latinx and Hispanic business founders in celebration of Latinx Heritage Month. The sold-out show, which took place at Mexican hot spot Cosme, was moderated by In The Know’s beauty producer Lisa Azcona. The night’s speakers — which included Lyana Blount, the CEO of Black Rican Vegan; Adriana Carrig, the founder of Little Words Project; and Brandon Pena, the CEO of 787 coffee — all shared insights into how… Source link

Designed by Brenda Yedem Alamo In celebration of Latinx & Hispanic Heritage Month, Yahoo commissioned Brenda Yedem Alamo, a community-based professional and artist, to re-imagine the Yahoo logo. The proud daughter of Mexican immigrants, she uses design to highlight underrepresented communities. “I don’t have any formal art training and instead my art has organically evolved over time from street art to acrylic and watercolor, and most recently digital,” Yedem Alamo says. “No matter the… Source link

Google has released its annual diversity report, and the company says it made some positive progress over the past year. The company saw its “largest increases in representation of Black and Latinx Googlers in the US ever” at 20 percent and 8 percent respectively year over year, according to chief diversity officer Melonie Parker. Google also reported improved leadership representation of Black, Latinx and Native American employees by 27 percent, Parker says. But some data shows there… Source link