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Do You Expect Leaders to Be Perfect?

Aurelia Flores — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:30:03 +0000

During months like Black History Month, and Women’s History Month, we focus our attention on leaders and change-makers in our various communities. Of course, I believe this should be a year-long endeavor, but that’s a conversation for a separate article. We look at the amazing things they have done, and marvel at the impact they’ve ...

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Latino Leadership and the Inauguration

Aurelia Flores — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:45:41 +0000

Just over a week ago, I was at the Inaugural Parade. I was so honored to be able to attend a ‘parade party’ at the offices of , a large, international law firm, who has offices on the parade route. I watched the Presidential Inauguration with excitement on a big screen TV, and then waited ...

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Our Mothers As Role Models

Aurelia Flores — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:00:14 +0000

The first women we learn from are usually our mothers. Not always, but often the first role models for how we want to be as women in the world is our mother and/or grandmothers. The women around us are those from whom we learn what it means to BE a woman – and how to ...

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The Power of Role Models: You Can’t Be What You Can’t Imagine

Aurelia Flores — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:00:16 +0000

Happy New Year! One of the things that I love about the turn of the new year is the excitement, hope and possibility that comes with it. Although we are growing and changing all the time, the transition from one year to the next often is a time for self-reflection, and is a time when ...

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Ellen Ochoa

brenz — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 21:25:08 +0000

Ellen Ochoa Born May 10, 1958, in Los Angeles, California, Ellen Ochoa, a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, became the first female Hispanic astronaut in 1990. Dr. Ochoa is now Deputy Director of the Johnson Space Center. “What everyone in the astronaut corps shares in common is not gender or ethnic background, but motivation, perseverance, and ...

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