The American Dream with Elias Torres

Elias shares a conversation with his mother, Consuelo Rios.

We're continuing Women's History Month with La Jefa herself, Enna Jimenez. Emma immigrated from Puerto Rico to Massachusetts with her family as a young girl, became a first-generation college graduate, and paved her way into Vice President positions in quality assurance. Within the first few minutes of the episode, you'll understand why Emma is La Jefa, but make sure to listen to the end to find out how she fought for her position in corporate America, and learn how you can, too!

To kick off Women's History Month, we're highlighting one of Elias Torres' role models: Freada Kapor Klein. Freada has considered herself an activist since high school, and since then, she's founded SMASH — an organization that helps low-income students get into STEM, co-founded Kapor Capital, which invests in early-stage startups focused on closing the equity gap, and even wrote a book all about what it takes for companies to actually close the equity gap...

We're changing things up this week! Today, Harvard University juniors Hannah Zhou and Rhea Acharya join Elias on the show to discuss the upcoming Harvard WeCode Conference happening on February 17 and 18. Register for the conference or learn about sponsorship opportunities here: https://www.harvardwecode.com/

Growing up in Colorado, Guillermo Diaz Jr. always dreamed of having palm trees in his backyard. Now, after many years of hard work and diligence, he has more palm trees than he knows what to do with, which is why he created Conectado. Conectado aims to leverage technology to bring individuals and institutions together to increase equality from the classroom to the boardroom...

Growing up in Colorado, Guillermo Diaz Jr. always dreamed of having palm trees in his backyard. Now, after many years of hard work and diligence, he has more palm trees than he knows what to do with, which is why he created Conectado. Conectado aims to leverage technology to bring individuals and institutions together to increase equality from the classroom to the boardroom...

Do you need to go to college? How do you find the career path right for you? These are the types of questions Elias and his guest, Erik Cardenas, discuss on today's episode. Growing up in Texas, Erik was the first in his family to go to college. He was also the first to get kicked out. Nevertheless, Erik entered the corporate world, got a degree, and then pivoted towards entrepreneurship...

• (0:31) The origin story of Katty Coulson’s name
• (01:21) Katty’s life in Mexico
• (5:49) Katty crosses the border
• (12:44) Katty finds her way into tech
• (17:43) The secret to Katty’s happiness
• (23:06) Why Katty has, and will always, give back to the community (and why you should, too)
• (31:02) Katty's work with the Ronald McDonald House

Elias Torres is back for another season of the American Dream podcast. This season, you can expect more conversations with underrepresented leaders who have pushed themselves to get to the top, raw truths from those who are no stranger to being the "other" in the room, and advice for how to achieve your own version of the American Dream.

We're working our way to a more equitable corporate America, and we hope you'll join us.

First, a reintroduction to your host.

• (1:18) All about Eneida
• (4:36) The origins of AmplifyLatinx
• (7:29) How Eneida became CEO of AmplifyLatinx
• (12:10) Why Eneida committed to work in the United States
• (14:18) The official kick off of AmplifyLatinx
• (17:49) Elias’ introduction to AmplifyLatinx

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