{"id":98585,"date":"2022-03-18T00:36:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T04:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-the-future-of-the-us-economy-will-belong-to-latina-women-angelica-fuentes-tellez\/"},"modified":"2022-03-18T00:36:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T04:36:00","slug":"english-the-future-of-the-us-economy-will-belong-to-latina-women-angelica-fuentes-tellez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/english-the-future-of-the-us-economy-will-belong-to-latina-women-angelica-fuentes-tellez\/","title":{"rendered":"The future of the US economy will belong to Latina women: Ang\u00e9lica Fuentes T\u00e9llez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p>The momentum of Latina women in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> continues to reinforce that it is they have a decisive role that will mark the US economic recovery, foresees Ang\u00e9lica <span class=\"xn-location\">Fuentes<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">LOS ANGELES<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 18, 2022<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Ang\u00e9lica <span class=\"xn-location\">Fuentes<\/span> is a Latin American businesswoman and impact investor, who has been recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico&#8217;s<\/span> most powerful women, and by Refinery 29 as one of the 11 most influential women working for gender parity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In \u00a02020, <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> had 62.1 million Spanish-speaking inhabitants, of which just over 30 million are second or third generation Latin American women. <\/p>\n<p>Latinas are a very important part of the American political, economic, and social life, says businesswoman Ang\u00e9lica Fuentes T\u00e9llez.<\/p>\n<p>With more than 20 years leading women&#8217;s empowerment actions, the businesswoman indicates that the feminist movement has pushed Latinas to occupy leadership positions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After many years of efforts by Latin women, in which the common goal was to open equal spaces for female participation and representation in all areas and sectors, today it is possible to see women leading ventures, directing companies and holding public office positions in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>, which sets a different course in history&#8221;, assures Fuentes T\u00e9llez.<\/p>\n<p>One of those female leaders is Mar\u00eda <span class=\"xn-person\">Elvira Salazar<\/span>, an American politician, journalist, and host of Cuban origin considered a leading Latina and opinion leader in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> to represent and speak to the Latino community.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just like Mar\u00eda <span class=\"xn-person\">Elvira Salazar<\/span>, there are hundreds of female entrepreneurs, activists and politicians who open more spaces of representation for other women, turning Latinas into the future of the US economy,&#8221; says Fuentes T\u00e9llez.<\/p>\n<p>Although Latin women had the lowest wages among women for many years in the US economy, this trend is beginning to reverse.<\/p>\n<p>According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, by 2028, Latina women are expected to make up 9.2 percent of the total workforce, up from 7.5 percent in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Latinas are currently the only demographic group that has managed to break the record for participation in the workforce, and not just as employees, but as project leaders or managing companies,&#8221; explains Ang\u00e9lica <span class=\"xn-location\">Fuentes<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Latinas directing and creating companies<\/b><\/p>\n<p>As well as being the most active and representative workforce in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>, Latina women are also the fastest-growing segment of the business community in the US.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Latino Community Foundation data, Latina businesswomen lead almost half of all Latin companies in the country. Two million small and medium-sized companies in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> belong to a Latina.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Despite Latin women being one of the main drivers of economic growth, they still have to face important biases that limit their business development. However, the Latin female force will continue to advance until they obtain the representation that will allow them to continue being a growth engine&#8221;, points out Ang\u00e9lica <span class=\"xn-location\">Fuentes<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Ang\u00e9lica Fuentes T\u00e9llez<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p>The momentum of Latina women in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> continues to reinforce that it is they have a decisive role that will mark the US economic recovery, foresees Ang\u00e9lica <span class=\"xn-location\">Fuentes<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">LOS ANGELES<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">March 18, 2022<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Ang\u00e9lica <span class=\"xn-location\">Fuentes<\/span> is a Latin American businesswoman and impact investor, who has been recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of &lt;span&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interes-humano"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}