The Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley invites you to join us for our third Latinx Speaker Series, “Latinas in STEM” one-day virtual conference on Saturday, September 26, 2020 starting at 10am!
The conference will bring Latinas in the STEM workforce together to share their stories, provide insight and guidance in navigating the workplace.
The topics discussed at the conference will be:
Tips and Tricks to Standout: Navigating the Hiring Process,
Workplace Culture as a Latina in STEM
Resilience & Success – Overcoming Struggle.
Panelists are from various Silicon Valley Companies: Adobe, Facebook, Google, Linkedin, Palo Alto Networks, Stanford Healthcare, and NASA.
Our first panel will focus on how to “Navigate the Hiring Process as a Latina”. The panel will be led by four passionate, knowledgable, and excellent Latinas.
Beatriz Medina Pratt – Diversity Progam Manager at Facebook
Jasmin Garcia – Senior Technical Recruiter, Diversity at Google
Michelle Rodriguez – Senior Manager DI and Belonging at LinkedIn
Ivanna Rivera – Associate Systems Engineer at Palo Alto Networks
Our second panel discussion will focus on “Workplace Culture as a Latina”. This panel will include four amazing Latinas.
Yulianna Ortega – STEM Diversity Programs Director at UC Santa Cruz
Isaura Gaeta – VP, Security Research General Manager at Intel
Melissa V. Abad, PhD – Sociologist Standford Wmware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab
Liliana De La Paz – Senior Research Scientist – Gilead Sciences
Three different panel conversations
Two breakout sessions for more in-depth conversations
For more information please email lisa@hfsv.org.
