#Design4Excellence: The Life Design Lab seeks to continue imagining excellence in the workplace by sharing stories of folks who thrive and embrace greater authenticity and inclusivity in the world of work (as broadly as you can conceive it).

Latinas Thriving in the Workforce is an opportunity to explore excellence through triumph and fulfillment of leaders in the workforce. Latina leaders share their stories of how they have come to a space of fulfillment in their work at various times in their life journey from working through language, gender, and oppression experiences to continue to live their best life through it all. We hope participants leave encouraged to thrive in the workforce through tangible skills self-advocacy ensuring fulfillment in workspaces.

Curated by Clifton E. Shambry Jr. and Amailie Santos Rivera

Overview of the Latino Community

Intro to Latinas Thriving:

Below is an introduction to many of the stories shared from responses to eight different prompts. Feel free to view the shortened composite of the stories and take a deeper dive into the stories through this website.

LATINA’S THRIVING IN THE WORKFORCE STORIES

Have you had communication challenges because of your language and background? If so, how have you thrived/grown in that challenge
How have you embraced being Latina in your work setting?
How did you thrive as a Latinx student?

How have you embraced being Latina in your work setting?

What are the hopes for the future?
Have you had any challenges identifying as a woman and Latina in your career journey? If so, what advice do you give our JHU students to thrive through difficulties?

How did you thrive as a Latinx Student?
How are you thriving as a Latinx professional pst your time after college?

Have you had any challenges identifying as a woman and Latina in your career journey? If so, what advice do you give our JHU students to thrive through difficulties?
Have you had challenges with job responsibilities where being identified as a Latina woman has been part of the challenge? If so, how did you overcome it and what would you tell our JHU students?
How have you embraced being Latina in your work setting?

How have you embraced being Latina in your work setting?
Have you had communication challenges because of your language or background? If so, how have you thrived /grown in that challenge?

THE WHY BEHIND LATINAS THRIVING – THE DATA

“As part of the largest ethnic group in the United States, Latinas and Latinos have significantly contributed to the nation’s identity and have played a vital role in shaping American culture. The Latino population in the United States has grown to over 60 million today, leaving a big impact on its democracy, economy, and culture.” – National Museum of the American Latino, Smithsonian, 2024.

Based on the United States Census Bureau, 2021, here we include some information and data for this population and why the Life Design Lab at JHU got interested in creating this space during Future Fest 2024.

Latinos and Latinas in the US
- 62.6 million (65,140,277), nearly 19% of the total U.S. population.
  - Male: 50.5% | Female: 49.5%
Educational attainment for a bachelor’s degree: 13.8%
Educational attainment for a graduate or professional degree: 7.0%
Latinas account for 16% of the female labor force in the US
Females over 16years old employed: 58.2%
Latinas are part of the Hispanic population un the United States databases. And as The Current Population Survey (2021) present, Hispanic women earn 55.4 cents less than every dollar a white male would earn in the United States

We at JHU value collecting, analyzing and making decisions based on data and outcomes. Below are some of the outcomes of our students. https://imagine.jhu.edu/our-student-outcomes/

At JHU (all levels in AY23), we know that our URM, ‘female’ and FLI folk experience this as well (responses / out of 101 graduates):

Non URM Males: Mean $102,071 & Median $90,000 (1688 responses out of 3024 graduates)

FLI Males: Mean $116,147 & Median $100,000 (57 / 82)

URM Female: Mean 75,016 & Median $68,000 (638 / 1148)

URM Female FLI: Mean $60,542 & Median $54,000 (78 / 101)

Unknown URM: Mean $122,733 & Median $80,000 (87 / 172)

Even more disparate for Bachelor students.

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