A note to our Buffalo & Erie County Community: “LATINOS AT THE TABLE”

I have always served my community, and I have the history to share with Buffalo. I am well versed and informed on social and political issues. This experience has taken me to other parts of the country speaking on local, state, and federal issues.

I am pleased with the development of the Latino Speaking Bureau, it gives me the opportunity to share my knowledge, information, and journey with our young people in the college and university communities. My many years of community involvement has prepared me for the challenge, a challenge to educate young minds of things they cannot learn in the classroom. I am confident, bold, and articulate with my subject matters.

With the Latino Speakers Bureau, there is now no need for the inner circle or status quo to handpick their favorite speaker or consultant, but an opportunity to book Latino speakers from a pool of the best for your event or conference.

I have worked on the west side since the 1980s, dedicating my professional career to the growth of the Puerto Rican community, socially and politically; taking a break in 2003 to recuperate from a long-time illness.

But I never retired. During my so-called “break”, I aligned myself to the PUSH organization, an organization involved in creating affordable housing and fighting gentrification. My association with PUSH gave birth to PUSH Silver (giving the elders a voice). I strongly believe that we have to give a voice to our story and not wait for others to rewrite our story to fit their needs or agenda.

 My life has really been a great journey, bringing me the Puerto Rican-Latino Committee, PUSH, Hispanic United of Buffalo, Buffalo Latino Village, and my political campaigning to help Latinos get elected to public office; and using the PUSH platform, I have travelled outside Buffalo and the state, going on a speaking tour addressing issues such climate change, gentrification, affordable housing, Systematic Racism, and protecting the environment.

I have over forty years of travelling on this planet, working with people who truly want to make a difference in the quality of life for all Americans – Black, White, Latino, Asian, etc.

As a woman, I look forward to the Speakers Bureau promoting the strong  Latina leadership to address the  role they have played in our community, especially the leadership displayed by the Latina Woman’s League

Thanks to the Buffalo Latino Speakers Bureau, I hope our local public and private sector, including our colleges and universities, will reach out and book us to tell our story, to educate you, and to share our experience and information about the reality of Puerto Ricans/Latinos in Buffalo, NY.

Have an event or conference coming up, support diversity, and book one of our Latina speakers. Email us at latinospeakers@gmail.com.