Claudia Romo Edelman

"Every time I went to a restaurant and there was a waiter who was clearly Latino, and I spoke to him in Spanish, he would try to deny his identity, to suppress it"

"For a group that is so powerful to think of themselves as so weak, for a group that is so big to be seen so small? It’s a big thing"

"And then I started learning that, in America, they invented a word that means that 26 different countries all of a sudden are one group, and that I was going to belong to that group, and that that group was not terribly well perceived"

"If you’re Jorge, you pretend to be George, and you leave yourself at home, and you come with someone you don’t know"

"The work that I’m doing is very much inviting companies, decisionmakers, and Latinos everywhere to take action,” she says, “so that we can be seen as what we are: positive contributors to the country"

"I work out with my husband six times a week"

"Exercise is the anchor of my life. It keeps me focused and centered, which is particularly important when you lead a life that’s constantly on the move"

"Every morning, as I enter the day, I like to outline the three goals I want to achieve"

"Regardless of where I am or what I’m doing, I always have a daily call with my kids"

"We produce these bags and give them to the speakers at our summit with the message: ‘Behind every mask, there’s a human"

"At the World Economic Forum in Davos, we saw the president of Microsoft wearing his"

"First, address and connect with the audience, then tell a personal story about yourself, deliver your message with one to three points you want to make, then close it with something inspirational"

"Being able to speak up for the issues that matter is a privilege"

"I want to use my voice to remind us that we are all part of the same human family"

"This is our time. There is no better time"

"Hispanics have never been stronger. However, we’ve also never faced so many political pressures. This community needs to be united and it needs to unite now"