HISPANIC AMERICAN LEADERSHIP
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2014
ABSTRACT
An ethnolinguistic group of Americans having a genealogical origins in the countries of Latin America and Spain are known as Hispanics. Hispanic and Latinos are racially different, although predominantly white or mestizo. Mestizo is not a race but it is a person who has both White and American Indian ancestry. As a result of their racial diversity, Hispanics form an ethnicity sharing a language (Spanish) and cultural heritage, rather than a race. American Hispanics are from …show more content…
• Integrity requires paying close attention to one’s intuition, impulses, and motives.
• The psychology of oppression and “white privilege” are barriers to inclusion.
Leadership Application
• Examine your personal intention: Why do you do what you do?
• Listen to your intuition and “inner voice.”
• Resolve discrimination or exclusion issues.
• Develop a secure cultural identity and know your cultural assets.
3. Personal and Collective (destino)
Overview
• Every person has a distinct life path, purpose, and life pattern.
• Destino is not fatalism.
• Tapping into one’s destino brings clarity, alignment, and sense of direction.
• Powerful leaders are in sync with their destino.
Leadership Application
• Know your family history and traditions.
• Explore your heart’s desire
• Identify special skills and talents.
• Reflect on your legacy and personal vision.
• Open the door when opportunity knocks.
4. Culturally Based Leadership
Overview
• Latinos are a culture and an ethnic group, not a race.
• Seven key values are fastening points for the culture.
• A humanistic orientation (people come first) and diversity/inclusion are cultural
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In Rosa’s case, she is not just a president but a Chicana president who honors her cultural pride in all she does.
Understanding Latina Leadership
Rosa has demonstrated leadership skills throughout her life from assisting in the recruitment and retention of Latino graduate students, to leading her college as a open and proud Chicana lesbian, to serving as a role model to other emerging Latina students at her college. But most importantly, Rosa is known by members of her faculty and staff as a leader who shows commitment and compassion, especially when it relates to her students achieving academic parity.
Expressing Compassion
Rosa stated that throughout her life, her father modeled the act of being compassionate, which she now believes resonates in her personal and professional experiences
Expressing Modesty and