Latinos Who Tech

In this episode, I spoke with Carlos  Sarmiento, Software Engineer at Facebook. Originally from Venezuela, Carlos joined Facebook in 2017. We spoke about how he got to Facebook, the company’s recruiting events and engineering bootcamps, his day in the life as a software engineer, and all about referrals.  Latinos Who Tech is brought to you by Audible. Go to http://www.audibletrial.com/latinos (www.audibletrial.com/latinos) to claim your free audiobook! Sign up to our https://lwt-email.ck.page/7f4d91e7b4 (monthly newsletter )where we share networking strategies and other personal development tools: https://lwt-email.ck.page/7f4d91e7b4 (Here )or at https://latinoswhotech.com/ (LatinosWhoTech.com) Connect with Carlos via linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cargsl/ (Carlos Sarmiento) Want to help us grow? You can: * https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/latinos-who-tech/id1457481391?mt=2 (Leave us an iTunes review)* Send us a note with your thoughts at LatinosWhoTec

In this episode, I spoke with Angela Romero, Principal Manager at Coursera.  We spoke about her experience working in a PR agency, cold calling and her role in sales at Google, Duolingo as a startup with an e-learning environment giving people practical and fun learning opportunities through technology and access to better jobs, all about Coursera, and the importance of Employee Resource Groups in working environments. Latinos Who Tech is brought to you by Audible. Go to http://www.audibletrial.com/latinos (www.audibletrial.com/latinos) to claim your free audiobook! Sign up to our https://lwt-email.ck.page/7f4d91e7b4 (monthly newsletter )where we share networking strategies and other personal development tools: https://lwt-email.ck.page/7f4d91e7b4 (Here )or at https://latinoswhotech.com/ (LatinosWhoTech.com) Connect with Angela via linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelaromero/ (Angela Romero) Want to help us grow? You can: * https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/

In this episode, I spoke with Erika Torres, PhD., a Product Manager and Social Scientist, Marketing Officer at Prospanica Sillicon Valley. Erika has a PhD. in Clinical Psychology from https://www.alliant.edu/cspp/programs-degrees/clinical-psychology/clinical-psyd-san-francisco/ (Alliant International University). We spoke about her path to a PhD, her work as a professor and in hospitals, the 100 career discovery interviews she had for breaking into tech, and what would she do differently if she would have to do her career discovery journey all over again. Latinos Who Tech is brought to you by Audible. Go to http://www.audibletrial.com/latinos (www.audibletrial.com/latinos) to claim your free audiobook! Sign up to our https://lwt-email.ck.page/7f4d91e7b4 (monthly newsletter )where we share networking strategies and other personal development tools: https://lwt-email.ck.page/7f4d91e7b4 (Here )or at https://latinoswhotech.com/ (LatinosWhoTech.com) Connect with her via linkedin: *

In this episode, I spoke with https://www.linkedin.com/in/ismaelverduzco/ (Ismael Verduzco III), aka DJ Ish, Social Marketing Lead at LinkedIn. Ish graduated from ​the University of California, Merced​ with a B.S. in Management. We spoke about life at LinkedIn, how he found his way into tech and his role as a Social Media Lead. Latinos Who Tech is brought to you by Audible. Go to http://www.audibletrial.com/latinos (www.audibletrial.com/latinos) to claim your free audiobook! Sign up to our https://lwt-email.ck.page/7f4d91e7b4 (monthly newsletter )where we share networking strategies and other personal development tools: https://lwt-email.ck.page/7f4d91e7b4 (Here )or at https://latinoswhotech.com/ (LatinosWhoTech.com) Connect with Ish via linkedin, Instagram and Twitter: * https://www.linkedin.com/in/ismaelverduzco/ (Ismael Verduzco III)* https://www.instagram.com/djishh/?hl=en (Djishh – Instagram)* https://twitter.com/djishh?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5

Everyday 1 billion people take at least one pill that was manufactured by Gilead Sciences. A company devoted to manufacture antiviral drugs that treat HIV, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and influenza.  One of the many researchers at Gilead Sciences is Liliana de la Paz, PhD. A Bay Area native with Mexican roots. She has the unique distinction of being the first ever Latina to graduate from Stanford University with a PhD in Chemical Engineering.  Liliana is used to being one of the few women in the room and sometimes the only Latina. From her undergrad days at Berkeley where she majored in Chemical Engineering to her Stanford lab where she spent 6 years researching protein engineering, all the way to her current role developing the next generation of antiviral drugs.  We talked about her experience going to school at Berkeley as a first generation student attending college and the first in her family to become an engineer. We went deep into understanding what imposter syndrome is, how it man

In this episode I spoke with Juan Lopez Marcano, Software Engineer at Uber. Juan has been at Fortune 100 companies, startups and Silicon Valley Unicorns like Uber. In this conversation we spoke about his strategy, the in-demand skills he has developed, how he preps for technical interviews, salary negotiation techniques and the 3M framework to define whether an opportunity is for you or not. One of the most interesting takeaways from this conversation was the 3 Ms framework Juan uses to evaluate career opportunities. 1st M stands for Making: What are you building?, What kind of technologies are you using? What is the purpose behind it? ,the  2nd M stands for Management: What is your Boss like? What is the Team like? Is it a healthy environment where you can thrive? And the 3rd M stands for Money: Are you being compensated fairly for your effort? Does your compensation track the market? What other perks besides Money does your company offer? Join in as we cover the taboo of talking about salaries,

In this episode, Hugo welcomes https://www.linkedin.com/in/amiraboubaker/ (Amir Abou Baker), an American Lebanese-Puerto Rican Industrial Engineer with a masters in Engineering Management and Business Strategy working at https://www.whatsapp.com/ (WhatsApp Inc.), as the Head of Global Markets. He is a technology and operations executive with skills in retail, operational transformations and scaling strategy for global operations that has travelled a lot and worked and led teams overseas. Amir shares his exceptional labour journey at https://www.accenture.com/us-en?c=glb_pagebuttonlinkedin_10446432&n=smc_1218 (Accenture), https://www.ge.com/ (GE), Google, https://www.hioscar.com/ny (Oscar Insurance), https://www.taskrabbit.com/ (TaskRabbit) and Whatsapp, transitioning from one to another into different fields. Tune in as they talk about his reason for this transitioning from one field to another, the GE’s OMLP rotational program Amir went through to build leadership and functional skills and focus on op

In this episode, Hugo welcomes https://www.linkedin.com/in/rocioamendez/ (Rocio Mendez), a Mexican American industrial engineer at https://www.tesla.com/ (Tesla). Rocio was fascinated by engineering early on and earned both undergraduate and graduate degrees in Industrial Engineering from https://www.calpoly.edu/ (Cal Poly) San Luis Obispo. #GoMustangs! Rocio shares her journey from her first job at https://www.medtronic.com/us-en/index.html (Covidien), a medical device company that was acquired by Medtronic in 2015, to her current role at Tesla as an Industrial Engineering Manager. Join in as they talk about the Tesla culture, the importance of building relationships with cross functional teams, the challenge of being a woman in manufacturing engineering and what it’s like to work with Elon. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/latinos-who-tech/id1457481391?mt=2&app=itunes ()https://open.spotify.com/show/4nWcGariIVJNChWBLEWctd () https://soundcloud.com/latinoswhotech () Show notes: * 01:15 –

In this episode, Hugo welcomes https://www.linkedin.com/in/roxanaruvalcaba/ (Roxana Ruvalcaba), a Mexican-American industrial engineer born in LA, working as an operations finance specialist at https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/homepage.html (Intel Corporation). Roxana went to https://www.berkeley.edu/ (Berkeley University) to study industry engineering and operations research, and at the time, had her first exposure to business school in an intense summer venture at Harvard Business School. Once graduated, she joined the Pacific Gas and Electric Company through the Energy Procurement Rotational Program. Dive in as they talk about her decision to apply to an MBA while living at home and having a fulltime job, the programs and processes she went through and the experience she had being a mexican-american female engineer. Show notes: * 00:18 – Welcoming Roxana Ruvalcaba* 00:30 – About Roxana * 03:03 – About Yale and people who attend their Pre-MBA Programs* 03:57 – Programs and application proce

In this first episode, Hugo welcomes https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolemgc/ (Nicole Gonzalez) and https://www.linkedin.com/in/eliomorillo/ (Elio Morillo), Puerto Rican engineers working at Nasa JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory). Nicole is an electronic engineer who develops electronic systems for both the Mars 2020 and Psyche exploration missions, and Elio is a testbed engineer that verifies avionics, payloads, and software, to ensure that operations on route and on the surface of Mars are fully characterized. Dive in as they talk about how difficult living and growing up in Puerto Rico is, their talented and diligent work in the NASA and the week they spent back in a school of Puerto Rico, after having been recovered from hurricane wreckage and gang destruction, voluntarily giving STEM workshops to school students in between eight and fourteen years old. This is a story about how Puerto Rico rises #PRseLevanta #PRseLevanta Show notes: * 00:01 – Welcoming Nicole Gonzalez Cejo and Elio Morillo* 02: