MEET THE LATINO ECONOMISTS

Orlando Camargo
Orlando Camargo Embraces Differences and Promotes Latino Economic Empowerment

Founding Partner Orlando Camargo of Ithaca Street Partners believes in leveraging his client’s differences, especially Latinos, to help them reach their goals

Pamela Davis US International Trade Commission
International Economist Pamela Davis on Being the First

In the field of economics, she is often the first person of color, the first woman, and the first bilingual economist. But she’s going to make sure she’s not the last.

Ignacio Martinez Google
Ignacio Martinez Speaks on Data’s Behalf

As a staff economist at Google, he uses his soft skills to communicate his findings clearly and pulls from his lived experiences to work collaboratively with several teams.

Vicki Mak-Romo General Motors
Vicki Mak-Romo Has an Electric Future at General Motors

Energy economics expert Vicki Mak-Romo encourages more Latinas to pursue a career in economics as she elevates the future of electric vehicles at General Motors

Latino Economist Alvaro Gonzalez
Alvaro Gonzalez Sees Beyond the Numbers

Alvaro Gonzalez’s unique background helps him work with developing nations to make informed choices and allocate resources as a lead economist at the World Bank

Alejandra Y. Castillo Bridges Markets and Communities

How an adolescence split between two countries prepared Alejandra Y. Castillo to serve as assistant secretary of commerce for economic development

Norma Padrón EmpiricaLabs
Community Is the Variable in Norma Padrón’s Equation

Early mentorship helped Norma Padrón bridge work and learning to transform healthcare as the CEO of EmpiricaLab

We Need Hispanic Economists

Raquel Tamez explains why young Hispanic leaders should be looking to the field of economics if they want to effect truly powerful change