ABOUT LATINO PROFESSIONALS MAGAZINE
The people whose decisions shape American business.
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Who is in it
Pablo Segarra spent twelve years as an NYPD officer in Washington Heights before a car struck him on duty and sent him to law school. He now runs a Manhattan practice for freelancers who cannot afford enterprise counsel, and he structured the arrangement that moved Muhammad Ali's intellectual property onto the blockchain.
Andre Arbelaez led the Hispanic IT Executive Council through its first decade before founding HC3, and now convenes an annual business conference with the National Football League in each year's draft city.
Andrea Marquez built Amazon's first podcast, This Is Small Business. Elaine Del Valle turned a one-woman play about 1980s Brownsville into a feature film. Jon Orozco, a Fractional Chief People Officer, advises executive teams on organizational design and on why most corporate AI pilots fail to produce a measurable return.
From Fortune 500 executives to founders of companies few know but many depend on. We feature people whose work shapes business, institutions, and the future.
The companies are remembered. The people behind them should be, too.
What we mean by Latino leadership
Hispanic leadership in America predates the founding of this country.
Bernardo de Gálvez, the Spanish governor of Louisiana, moved troops, money, and supplies through the Gulf Coast during the American Revolution. His victories at Baton Rouge, Mobile, and Pensacola secured the southern flank of the emerging republic. His portrait hangs in the United States Capitol, and Congress made him an honorary citizen of the country by joint resolution in 2014.
St. Augustine, Florida, was founded in 1565 and has been continuously inhabited by Spanish-speaking families ever since — two hundred and eleven years before Philadelphia. Santa Fe was established in 1610. From the Californio families who governed the West before it joined the Union, to Ignacio Lozano who founded La Prensa and La Opinión, to Dennis Chávez the first U.S. Senator born of Spanish-speaking parents, to Roberto Goizueta at Coca-Cola, to Antonia Novello as the fourteenth Surgeon General, to Linda Alvarado as the first Latina majority owner of a Major League Baseball franchise, to Henry Cisneros in the Cabinet, to Sonia Sotomayor on the Supreme Court — Hispanic and Latino leadership form a continuous line in American history, and the magazine reports on it as such.
The complete essay: St. Augustine to the Supreme Court: Four Centuries of Hispanic Leadership.
That essay makes the deeper case: the story of American business cannot be told completely without the people who helped build it.
What we cover
Leadership. Executive profiles, board service, succession, and the decisions behind the organizations they lead.
Business. Enterprise, capital, markets, entrepreneurship, and the economics of who is building what.
Research. Original studies from the Latino Professionals Research Institute, published with methodology and data vintage stated.
Culture. The people, places, and ideas shaping contemporary Latino life and American culture.
Philanthropy. Foundations, planned giving, and institutions built for continuity across generations.
Events. Executive forums, roundtables, and award programs, including the LP 5 gala each September and Governance Week each November.
How to read the magazine
Subscribe for full access to the archive, in print and digital. Newsletter for weekly editions in your inbox, including The Publisher's Letter. Events for the executive calendar.
How to be in it
Two paths, described in detail on the Get Featured page.
Editorial. Subjects and honorees are selected by our editors. Editorial coverage is not commercially available.
Commissioned. Companies and executives commission Partner Profiles at published rates. Every commissioned page is labeled. Editorial standards apply consistently.
Separately, we convene the Latino Professionals Council, an invitation-only executive membership. Admission is by nomination.
Who runs the magazine
Rafael Magaña is Founder, Publisher, and Editor-in-Chief. He came to publishing from eighteen years in institutional fundraising across healthcare, education, and humanitarian work, and is Board Chair of the global Latino Professionals family of organizations. He holds the Certified Specialist in Planned Giving credential and serves on the Board of Trustees of Hollywood Schoolhouse in Los Angeles.
The structure
Latino Professionals is one company in three parts. The Magazine identifies who is worth documenting. The Council convenes them. The Research Institute measures the terms.
The Magazine publishes long-form profiles, verified reporting, and executive intelligence.
The Community, including the Latino Professionals Council, is where the leaders we cover convene and mentor one another. Membership is by nomination.
The Research Institute conducts original research on the demographic, economic, and civic shifts shaping American business, and publishes findings with methodology stated.
The Legacy Project
Latino Professionals is the executive business magazine that does not stop reporting when the issue closes. A profile is a first entry. Additional entries are added over time — a board appointment, a company sale, a retirement, the closing chapter of a life's work — dated, sourced, and linked to the pieces that preceded them. When a career ends, the account continues.
The result is an editorial record that grows alongside the people in it, and remains searchable, not forgotten, by scholars, family members, journalists, and analysts who come looking years or decades later.
Our standards
Mission. Latino Professionals documents the people whose decisions shape American business, and keeps the account long enough to matter.
Vision. A country that cannot understand its own business history without reading us.
The complete editorial standards are published at Editorial Standards.
Frequently asked questions
Who is Rafael Magaña?
Rafael Magaña is an American media executive, publisher, and professional development entrepreneur based in Los Angeles, California. He is the Founder, Publisher, and Editor-in-Chief of Latino Professionals Magazine, and Founder and Board Chair of the global Latino Professionals family of organizations, a talent pipeline accelerating Hispanic executives into corporate boards and C-suite roles.
Who founded Latino Professionals Magazine?
Latino Professionals Magazine was founded by Rafael Magaña in 2014. He serves as Founder, Publisher, and Editor-in-Chief.
What does Latino Professionals Magazine cover?
The magazine covers executive profiles, career strategy, corporate board service, entrepreneurship, philanthropy, and culture, organized across dedicated editorial desks and eight annual Series, led by the Latino Professionals 5.
Who publishes Latino Professionals Magazine?
The magazine is published by Latino Professionals Media Group, part of the global Latino Professionals family of organizations, which includes Latina Professionals and Latinx Professionals.
Can a company buy a place on the Latino Professionals 5 or any list?
No. Recognition on every Series list is decided by the magazine's editors against published criteria. It is earned and never for sale. A commissioned feature never buys a place on any list.
How can my company be featured in Latino Professionals Magazine?
Companies and executives can commission a Partner Profile, a Partner Feature, or a Series sponsorship. Every commissioned piece is visibly labeled. Details are published on the Get Featured page.
How do I request a correction?
Write to corrections@latinoprofessionalsmagazine.com with the story link and the specific claim in question. Factual challenges are reviewed promptly, and corrections are published on the original piece.
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