{"id":54998,"date":"2023-09-18T09:09:18","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T16:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newrcblog.wpengine.com\/us\/en\/blog\/?p=54998"},"modified":"2025-03-13T06:36:57","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T13:36:57","slug":"celebrating-hispanic-heritage-month-with-prosperity-power-and-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/us\/en\/blog\/celebrating-hispanic-heritage-month-with-prosperity-power-and-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with Prosperity, Power, and Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Highlights:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">September 15 through October 15, 2023, is Hispanic Heritage Month (HHM).<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year\u2019s HHM theme is \u201cProsperity, Power, and Progress.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates the histories, cultures, and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Hispanic Heritage Month started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson and is now celebrated from September 15 to October 15. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In honor of HHM, we sat down with four of our Hispanic Organization for Leadership and Achievement Employee Resource Group (HOLA) members to hear about how their cultural traditions and challenges impacted their career journeys.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading h2\"><b>Shared values<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we spoke with our four HOLA members about their shared experiences and cultural traditions, some themes emerged. Facing and overcoming barriers was a shared experience of their career journeys. All of our interviewees mentioned the importance of close family bonds, a strong work ethic, and remembering their cultural roots. These values inform the way they navigate daily life at work while their achievements celebrate and honor their Hispanic identity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading h2\"><b>Facing challenges<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our HOLA members now have thriving careers in technology and each of them worked hard to overcome different challenges to get there. Director of Critical Account Projects &amp; Programs Bonnie Rodriguez told us her career path included dropping out of high school, working as a housekeeper, and in retail for a local grocery store chain. But she was undeterred. Bonnie completed high school and eventually moved into a managerial position at a local bank. She pivoted to the telecommunications industry and worked hard to climb the ladder. Now 22 years later she\u2019s a director, proud of her accomplishments, and looking forward to the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"quote-text-break-point\">\n<p class=\"qute-text\">Being a woman of Hispanic culture in the tech industry, which is male-dominated, I encountered people who did not always take me seriously or believe that I could perform the role. I worked hard to prove my skills and my expertise. I worked to make sure I was equipped with the necessary skills to succeed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"quote-text-author\">\u2014Bonnie Rodriguez, Director, Critical Account Projects &amp; Programs at RingCentral<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading h2\"><b>Education and recognition.<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Technical Accounts Manager Marie Apodaca addressed barriers to higher education and career recognition. As the first person in her family to go to college, she had little academic support from home. Marie took advanced classes at her high school to give herself a leg up then started her technology career right after college. \u201cAs a Hispanic woman in technology, I felt I had to work harder to achieve the same level of recognition.\u201d Marie volunteered to help out other engineers and went above and beyond to give her early career a boost.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading h2\"><b>A new language.<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For some people, language can also be a barrier to achieving success. Onboarding Specialist Jose Alvarez is proud he learned a second language, English, to pursue his technology career. Although he spent some time in the United States as a child, when he returned to his home country of Nicaragua, he still had far to go. Besides overcoming a language barrier, he also changed his college major from medicine to engineering. After years of hard work, Jose was able to complete his college degree in Systems Engineering and is proud of what he\u2019s achieved.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading h2\"><b>Facing cultural opposition.\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Senior Director of Global Technology Solutions Distributors Armando Martinez regrets that he doesn\u2019t speak Spanish like his parents. \u201cHaving it as an additional credential on my resum\u00e9 would propel me further.\u201d When he was growing up in Arvada, Colorado, it was frowned upon to speak any language other than English. As a result, Spanish was not spoken in his household and few of his friends grew up speaking the language. This kind of regional cultural opposition is an experience commonly shared by immigrant families.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading h2\"><b>Finding opportunity.<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite the opposition he faced early on, Armando found ways to soar in his telecommunications career. His family instilled the value of a strong work ethic and setting goals. He had a role model in his father, who was highly educated with multiple degrees. Seeking out opportunities while still in middle school, Armando made use of every available resource. At age 13 his family relocated to Albuquerque, \u201ca small city that struggles with gang violence and a very high crime rate.\u201d Luckily, community leaders were well aware of the lack of opportunity and established programs to put youth on a path to success. Armando took advantage of resum\u00e9 writing assistance, mentorship programs, and internships, and by his early 20s, his technology career was off to a great start.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading h2\"><b>Mentoring others.<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While hard work is a common thread, all of our HOLA interviewees also credit mentors for guiding their career paths. This is one of the reasons they continue to mentor and support others. Armando told us mentoring other Hispanics is a high point of his career. \u201cThe next generation of Hispanics are going to be our leaders.\u201d Bonnie also participated in the RingTern ERG mentorship program and said it was a great experience. She advises those who are young in their careers, \u201cAdvocate for yourself. Find mentors. Develop a strong professional network, and engage in continuing education.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"heading h2\"><b>Representation matters.<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We asked our interviewees how their presence and success promote diversity and inclusion at RingCentral. \u201cNot seeing other Hispanics in leadership or other roles can be a source of fear,\u201d says Marie.\u00a0 She recalls early in her career when she was the only Hispanic and there was just one other woman on her team. Seeing someone like yourself represented is important. Bonnie expands on this idea. \u201cWe want people to know that being Latino is not a barrier to success. Cultural identity should not be a hindrance to someone\u2019s career.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HOLA is determined to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bring more visibility to the Hispanic community within and beyond RingCentral to increase overall opportunity and representation in tech. By sharing their stories, our HOLA members hope to encourage and elevate each other to reach their career goals.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highlights: September 15 through October 15, 2023, is Hispanic Heritage Month (HHM). This year\u2019s HHM theme is \u201cProsperity, Power, and Progress.\u201d Hispanic Heritage Month celebrates the histories, cultures, and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. 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