The Masthead
The people behind the record.
Latino Professionals Magazine is built by editors, writers, artists, photographers, and business leaders committed to documenting consequential work with intelligence, accuracy, and care.
Together, we report the careers, institutions, ideas, and cultural forces shaping Latino America—and preserve them in a publication designed to endure.
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Our editorial charge
Tell the story properly.
A meaningful career is rarely captured by a title alone. It is found in the decisions made, the institutions strengthened, the people advanced, and the ideas left standing.
Our responsibility is to report that work faithfully and present it beautifully. Every profile, interview, essay, photograph, and illustration is developed with respect for the subject and accountability to the reader.
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Leadership
Publication leadership
The founders responsible for the institution, its editorial direction, and the standard carried across every page.
Founder, Publisher & Editor-in-Chief
Rafael Magaña
Rafael Magaña founded Latino Professionals and Latino Professionals Magazine to create a lasting national record of Latino leadership, achievement, and influence.
He directs the publication’s editorial vision and writes its principal cover stories, long-form profiles, exclusive interviews, and The Publisher’s Letter.
Covers · Exclusives · Interviews · The Publisher’s Letter · Editorial Direction
Co-Founder & Vice Chair
Executive Editor, Style & Travel
Kimberly Bernard-Magaña
Kimberly Bernard-Magaña co-founded Latino Professionals and Latino Professionals Magazine and serves as Vice Chair of the institution.
As Executive Editor of Style & Travel, she directs coverage of fashion, beauty, living, hospitality, and global travel.
Fashion & Beauty · Living & Travel · Style Direction
Staff portrait illustrations © 2026 Latino Professionals® Magazine LLC · Studio Café Canela
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Features & Executive Profiles
The reporting desk
Writers and editors documenting the people, decisions, industries, and institutions shaping American professional life.
Senior Features Writer
Marisol Cabrera
Marisol Cabrera writes long-form features, cover stories, and executive profiles across law, healthcare, entrepreneurship, and sports.
Covers · Exclusives · Legal · Healthcare · Entrepreneurs · Sports
Markets & Capital Editor
Daniel Requena
Daniel Requena leads coverage of finance, capital, markets, media, and the institutions directing economic influence.
Finance · Capital · Marketing & Media · Executive Profiles · Series
Civic & Impact Editor
Tomás Herrera
Tomás Herrera directs coverage of government, public policy, philanthropy, social impact, and the institutions widening opportunity.
Government & Policy · Philanthropy · DEI & ERGs · On Boards
Columnist, Workplace & Technology
Jon Orozco
Jon Orozco reports on human resources, artificial intelligence, organizational design, and the systems reshaping how companies lead and grow.
HR & Talent · Artificial Intelligence · Technology · Management
Columnist, Government & Policy
Johnny Magaña
Johnny Magaña covers government, public affairs, and the decisions shaping the environment in which Latino professionals and businesses operate.
Government & Policy · Public Affairs · On Boards
Columnist, Trademark & Brand Protection
Pablo Segarra
Pablo Segarra writes about trademarks, intellectual property, ownership, and the legal architecture protecting a company and its reputation.
Intellectual Property · Trademarks · Legal · Brand Protection
Columnist, Philanthropy, Technology & Healthcare
Banke Balogun
Banke Balogun reports on the leaders and institutions directing resources, innovation, technology, and care toward communities.
Philanthropy · Technology · Healthcare · Institutional Impact
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Culture
The life surrounding the work
Reporting the artists, places, rituals, design, style, and public moments through which culture declares itself.
Celebrity & Society Columnist
Jessica Mendez
Jessica Mendez covers entertainment, celebrity, galas, and the society calendar—the people and rooms through which influence becomes visible.
Celebrity · Entertainment · Galas & Society
Fashion & Beauty Columnist
Valentina Cruz
Valentina Cruz reports on fashion and beauty as industries, cultural languages, and forms of modern professional presentation.
Fashion · Beauty · Personal Style
Music & Dining Writer
Alberto Alatorre
Alberto Alatorre covers the artists, recordings, restaurants, chefs, and tables defining contemporary Latino cultural life.
Music · Food · Dining · Cultural Life
Arts & Design Writer
Santiago Cordero
Santiago Cordero reports on visual art, galleries, architecture, design, and the makers determining how an era sees itself.
Visual Arts · Galleries · Architecture · Design
Living & Travel Writer
Ximena Delgado
Ximena Delgado covers destinations, hospitality, homes, hotels, and the considered experiences worth traveling to encounter.
Living · Travel · Hospitality · Destinations
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Art & Photography
The visual record
The creative team responsible for the covers, portraits, photographs, illustrations, and visual systems through which the magazine is recognized.
Creative Director
Jennifer Montoya
Jennifer Montoya directs the magazine’s visual identity across covers, editorial packages, photography, illustration, and digital presentation.
Creative Direction · Covers · Visual Identity · Editorial Art
Art Director & Staff Illustrator
Zaria Rodriguez
Zaria Rodriguez develops the magazine’s editorial artwork, illustration systems, graphics, and visual storytelling across departments.
Art Direction · Illustration · Editorial Graphics
Director of Photography
Jossue Mendoza
Jossue Mendoza leads the magazine’s photography across covers, executive portraits, feature assignments, and live events.
Covers · Portraiture · Features · Event Photography
Contributing Illustration Studio
Studio Café Canela
Studio Café Canela creates custom editorial portraiture, feature artwork, campaign systems, and visual narratives developed specifically for the people and stories documented by Latino Professionals Magazine.
Its work gives the publication a consistent visual signature while allowing every subject to receive an image shaped around their individual character, field, and legacy.
Editorial Portraiture · Feature Illustration · Campaign Art · Visual Storytelling
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Production, Copy & Operations
The discipline behind every issue
The editors responsible for the calendar, production process, accuracy, language, and standards carried through publication.
Managing Editor
Whitney Taylor
Whitney Taylor manages the editorial calendar and guides assignments, contributors, reviews, and approvals from commission through publication.
Editorial Calendar · Assignments · Contributors · Production
Copy Chief
Alejandra Novoa
Alejandra Novoa is the final editorial authority on language, consistency, grammar, accuracy, and house style before publication.
Copy Editing · Accuracy · Grammar · House Style
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Technology & Security
The systems behind the publication
Technology & Security Partner
TerraNova
TerraNova supports the magazine’s infrastructure, hosting environment, account security, backups, email systems, and protection of subscriber and operational data.
Infrastructure · Hosting · Security · Backups · Access Management
Chief Treat Officer
Archie RoRo
The newsroom’s resident authority on morale, deadline recovery, strategic companionship, and the rigorous inspection of snacks.
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Advertising, Partnerships & Business
The relationships supporting the work
The team responsible for commercial relationships while protecting the distinction between business operations and editorial judgment.
Partnerships Director
Joel Montes
Joel Montes leads sponsorships, Series relationships, and institutional partnerships aligned with the publication’s audience and standards.
Partnerships · Sponsorships · Series · Institutional Relationships
Assistant Partnerships Director
Gabriela Ortiz
Gabriela Ortiz manages sponsored Executive Profile and Series engagements from the first conversation through agreement and internal coordination.
Executive Profiles · Series · Proposals · Partnership Operations
Advertising Manager
Andrés Beltrán
Andrés Beltrán manages advertising relationships across print, digital, newsletter, and special editorial environments.
Advertising · Media Planning · Print · Digital · Campaign Operations
The standard
The subject gives us their trust. The reader gives us their time. We are accountable to both.
Our editorial and business teams serve different responsibilities. Advertising, sponsorship, partnership, or participation in a commissioned program does not purchase independent editorial judgment.
Every published work remains subject to the magazine’s standards for accuracy, clarity, attribution, disclosure, and presentation.
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Help us document what comes next.
We are building a national publication for readers who expect intelligence, substance, visual excellence, and a clear point of view.
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Reach the right desk.
Contact our editorial, advertising, partnerships, press, corrections, or contributor teams.