Rafael Magaña

Culture

A Night of Impact: Highlights from the 6th Annual Mujeres Brillantes Ceremony

Prospanica's sixth annual Mujeres Brillantes ceremony filled a downtown Los Angeles ballroom with honorees whose work in public health, entrepreneurship, and board governance set a standard other rooms are still catching up to.

Jul 8, 2026

Leadership

Our Idea of Feminism Doesn't Cancel Men — It Calls Them In

Feminism packaged as a lifestyle brand demands nothing from anyone. Rafael Magaña argues the version worth building demands intersectionality without exception, and room for men inside the work, not outside it.

Jul 8, 2026

Culture

The Role of Latinx MBA Leadership Summit in Creating a Pathway to Corporate America

In its fifth year, the 2025 Latinx MBA Leadership Summit is treating cultura not as a barrier to executive rank but as the very tool that gets you there.

Jul 8, 2026

Culture

Tamara Gisiger & Claudia Romo: Unearthing LA's Forgotten History

A teenager's school research forced a room full of officials to confront a buried chapter of American history: the mass deportation of nearly a million Mexican Americans during the Great Depression, and the memorial now rising to remember them.

Jul 8, 2026

Culture

A Memorable Evening at the 2025 (SOLE) Summit Gala

A last-minute text pulled Rafael Magaña away from a day of meetings and into a room at Stanford Graduate School of Business, where founders, investors, and advocates took stock of how far Latino entrepreneurship has come, and how much ground still needs closing.

Jul 8, 2026

New Census Data: Hispanic-Owned Firms Top 5.8 Million, Nearly $1 Trillion in Receipts

The U.S. Census Bureau has released new figures on Hispanic-owned businesses, and the scale is now unmistakable. Hispanic-owned firms

Feb 2, 2026

Community

The Growing Influence of Latinos in the U.S.

By 2050, nearly one in three U.S. residents will be Latino. The purchasing power, the population, and the record already set by figures like Cesar Chavez, Mario Molina, and Ellen Ochoa point to a country arriving faster than its institutions are ready for.

Jan 1, 2026