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National Archives Hosts Panel on Women in Leadership June 11
 
Washington, DC…On Wednesday, June 11, at 7:30 PM, the National Archives will host a panel discussion on Citizens by Choice: Women in Business Leadership. The event will take place in the William G. McGowan Theater of the National Archives Building in Washington, DC, located on the National Mall at Constitution Avenue and 7th Street, NW.


(Media-Newswire.com) - Washington, DC…On Wednesday, June 11, at 7:30 PM, the National Archives will host a panel discussion on Citizens by Choice: Women in Business Leadership. The event will take place in the William G. McGowan Theater of the National Archives Building in Washington, DC, located on the National Mall at Constitution Avenue and 7th Street, NW.

Many Americans are surprised to learn that there is a large and growing group of immigrant women entrepreneurs and business leaders who are rapidly making their mark in the U.S. business sector, in every region of the country and across a wide range of industries. Their talents and skills have positively contributed to the evolution of business and industry. What are the challenges they face, and how have they used gender and nationality as strengths in building their businesses?

WJLA news anchor Maureen Bunyan moderates a panel featuring women business leaders who are also naturalized U.S. citizens: Sona Wang, managing director, Ceres Venture Fund; Yolanda Maria Welch, CEO, Respira Medical; Maria de Lourdes Sobrino, founder and CEO, Lulu’s Dessert Corporation; Sheela Murthy, founder, president, and managing attorney, Murthy Law Firm; Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, Maryland state representative and executive director/owner, Extended Family Adult Daycare, Inc.; and Susan C. Pearce, professor of sociology, East Carolina University, and author of Immigrating Women. This program is generously supported by the William G. McGowan Fund, Inc.

The National Archives is fully accessible. If you need to request an accommodation ( e.g., sign language interpreter ) for a public program please e-mail public.program@nara.gov or call 202-357-5000 two weeks prior to the event to ensure proper arrangements are secured.

For press information, contact the National Archives Public Affairs staff at 202-357-5300.

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Latino Notebook: Seminar focuses on local history

Events include Mother's Day concert in Santa Ana, and dinner honoring businesswomen.

History gathering:Mexican American historical societies, history enthusiasts, scholars and the public will meet Saturday to discuss documenting, preserving and publicizing the heritage of Latino communities in Southern California.

The second Southern California Annual Barrio History Symposium will be held on Saturday, May 17 at the Student Center of Golden West College in Huntington Beach, from 8 a.m.-3 p.m.

The free event includes panels, displays and book signings, as well as a no-host lunch and entertainment.

The event is hosted by the Orange County Mexican American Historical Society and co-sponsored by Golden West College Student Activities Office and FAMILIA Ancestral Research Association.

The campus is at 15744 Golden West St. Free parking is available on Gothard Street.

Speakers include Harvey Reyes, president of Orange County Mexican American Historical Society, and Sam Romero, Santa Ana community neighborhood preservation activist.

Information: Albert Molina, 714-447-1926, and Mary Garcia, 714-415-8629.

Mother's Day:Santa Ana holds its annual Mother's Day concert on Saturday, May 17, featuring Little Joe y La Familia, mariachis and other artists.

The free event takes place from 5-9 p.m. at Santa Ana Stadium, Flower Street at Civic Center Drive. For tickets, call 714-571-4200.

Honoring leadership:The National Hispanic Business Women Association will honor several women Thursday, May 15 as well as its 2008 scholarship recipients. Here are the honorees.

For community service: Sister Eileen McNerney, Taller San Jose.

For corporate responsibility: Dr. Aliza Lifshitz, Univision.

For small business/entrepreneur: Lilian de la Torre, Jimenez Communication Inc., Bodas USA-La Revista.

Keynote speaker is Maria de Lourdes Sobrino, CEO of Anaheim-based Lulu's Dessert. The event begins at 6 p.m. at the Double Tree Hotel in Santa Ana. Call 714-564-5533 or visit http://nationalhbwa.org.

Ron Gonzales

rgonzales@ocregister.com

This weekly notebook provides information about Orange County's Latino communities. For more, see the Latino Life section at www.ocregister.com/life

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María de Lourdes Sobrino,

una dulce historia de Exito Latino

Lo que una una hispana consigue con su sueño americano y se convierte en una de las mujeres más influyentes de Estados Unidos

     

 

Nacida en la Ciudad de México, María de Lourdes Sobrino llegó a Estados Unidos en calidad de empresaria, cargada de muchos sueños e ilusiones con una empresa de turismo que al principio le funcionó muy bien, pero las condiciones económicas que prevalecieron en el México de ese entonces (1982), la llevaron a cerrar ese negocio, pero su espíritu luchador, emprendedor y tenaz, volvió a salir a flote. No se dejó vencer por las circunstancias que vivía en ese momento y dicen que las penas con pan son buenas, pero que mejor si van a compañadas de un rico postre, en este caso de una rica gelatina, que al menos en México, las venden en cualquier esquina, o tienda, pero ¡oh sorpresa!, en este país lo único que vendían era el polvo para hacerlas, de ahí surgió la idea de poner otro negocio en base a las gelatinas, sin pensar que esta idea cambiaría toda su vida. Empezó trabajando sola, puso una tienda en donde hizo las gelatinas con una receta casera de su mamá, empezó poniéndolas en un papelito (como se acostumbra en México), pero eso no funcionó aquí, entonces tuvo que ponerlas en vasitos de plástico para poder venderlas, esta idea se convirtió en una novedad en este país, la cual revolucionó la industria alimenticia al crear la primera gelatina lista para comer. Empezó vendiendo 300 gelatinas por día, las cuales ella misma salía a vender en su propio carro, actualmente distribuye 50 millones de vasitos anuales en grandes almacenes.
El Esfuerzo
Pero, ¿el camino ha sido fácil? “claro que no, un día ya hasta había mandado todos los muebles de mi casa, lista para regresarme, pero otra vez, algo por dentro me dijo que no me fuera y le hice caso y mira ya hasta un libro hice el año pasado, en donde les digo a otras personas cómo lograr el éxito empresarial, comparto con ellos las historias de otras siete mujeres latinas de cómo ellas han logrado poner su negocio con éxito; quiero ser la inspiración para que otras mujeres que quieran puedan hacerlo también, deseo con este libro que hice “Thriving Latina Entrepreneurs in America” compartir información, las vivencias que he tenido, que he pasado y que la gente se identifique con personas de éxito y sirva de inspiración para salir adelante.”
Lulú Sobrino nos comentó algunos consejos para nuestros lectores que quieren comenzar su negocio o ya lo tienen: “Hay que empezar haciendo cosas que nos gusta hacer, informarnos más del negocio que vamos a poner, tener mentores, porque nosotros los latinos algo que tenemos es que nos da pena preguntar y nos quedamos callados, quiero que entendamos que ya llegó el momento en que debemos de estar preparados, yo veo mucho talento en los latinos, pero también hay que leer mucho, ir a conferencias, hacer relaciones públicas, hablar con gente que ya tiene experiencia, platicar con posibles clientes, hacer contactos en internet, tener una página web, yo estoy trabajando ya en eso para mi negocio, vender gelatinas en internet, porque eso es muy importante hay que innovarnos, si no el negocio se muere.”
La Recompensa
Gracias a su gran esfuerzo y dedicación se ha convertirdo en una de las “40 mujeres más influyentes de este país y que han contribuido en mayor medida al desarrollo de la economía de Estados Unidos, según un estudio de la Biblioteca Schlesinger del Instituto Radcliffe de Estudios Avanzados de la Universidad de Harvard.”
Ha recibido un gran número de reconocimientos tanto en México, como en este país, desde George W. Bush, que la invitó al foro económico en Waco, Texas, donde representó a los pequeños empresarios, el Consulado de México en Los Angeles, la Asociación Nacional de Mujeres Empresarias y otras organizaciones importantes a nivel empresarial, también asiste a a Universidades y organizaciones de empresarios con quienes también comparte sus conocimientos. La señora Sobrino pertenece a la junta asesora de la revista Latina Style, así como del banco de inversiones mexicano Nacional Financiera, es asesora de la Red de Mujeres Empresarias, la revista Enterprising Women y la Cámara de Comercio Mexico-Americana de California, una maravillosa labor empresarial de esta gran dama.

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Latino Notebook: Women entrepreneurs gather in Anaheim

Yost Theater celebrates its past and future

Latina entrepreneurs:A business seminar for Latinas takes place in Anaheim Friday, April 11.

The business development program, one of several nationwide by Latina Style magazine, provides an opportunity to network, to learn more about operating and expanding businesses and to meet with corporations and government agencies.

Co-chairs are Orange County business leaders Maria de Lourdes Sobrino, founder and CEO of Lulu's Dessert, Martha Montoya, president of Los Kitos Entertainment LLC, and Theresa Ynzunza, president of the National Latina Business Women Association.

The one-day seminar includes breakfast, a luncheon, panels and speakers. It takes place at the Anaheim Convention Center from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Cost is $30. Information: www.bs.latinastyle.comor 1-800-651-8083.

Yost reopening:What's billed as Barrio Night @ The Yost Theatre takes place on Saturday, April 12 at 6 p.m. at the historic Santa Ana theater, 307 N. Spurgeon St.

The event includes works by playwright Louie Olivos Jr., a vintage car show and a documentary on the Yost, which in its heyday hosted Mexican performers and then Spanish-language movies. People are invited to wear attire from the 1940s-50s.

Cost is $5. Call 714-662-2002

Theater:Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble is planning an open house on Saturday, April 12 from 3-6 p.m.

The event takes place at 310 W. 5th St., Santa Ana, above El Curtido Restaurant. Next month, the company will be honored with an Orange County Human Relations award. Information: 714-540-1157.

Fundraiser:The ConquistAmerica Education Foundation, which awards scholarships to Santa Ana students, will hold a fund-raising breakfast on Saturday, April 12, from 7:30-10:30 a.m. at Delhi Center, 505 E. Central Ave., Santa Ana. Cost is $6. For information, call Frank Dominguez at 714-564-7244.

— Ron Gonzales

949-454-7334

rgonzales@ocregister.com

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Hispanic PR Wire News

Macy's Inc, Lulu's Desserts and the SBA to speak on how to position your company to thrive in today's corporate and federal supply chains at the 10 Year
Anniversary Tour of the LATINA Style Business Series in Anaheim, CA

WASHINGTON, April 4, 2008 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- LATINA Style Magazine, the premier magazine addressing the needs of Latina and women entrepreneurs in the U.S., will kick off the 2008 LATINA Style Business Series (LSBS) 10 Year Anniversary Tour in Anaheim on Friday, April 11, 2008, from 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. at the Doubletree Guest Suites, Anaheim Resort/Convention Center located in 2085 S. Harbor Blvd., Anaheim, CA.

Wilka Toppins, operating vice president for Diversity Strategies at Macy's, Inc, will moderate one of the five panels of the day, "Positioning Your Company for Success in the Supply Chain." For the established entrepreneur looking to take their business to the next level, the session will focus on strategies a business owner must take in order to nurture relationships, match core competencies, bid for contract work and develop into a valued vendor in today's corporate and federal supply chains. "Latina and businesswomen are a burgeoning and important segment of our communities with enormous growth potential," she says. "We support business programs such as this one that help enhance the business skills of Latina entrepreneurs and professionals."

She will be joined by Maria de Lourdes "Lulu" Sobrino, CEO and founder of Lulu's Desserts and co-chair of the event, a successful Latina who created a thriving business by turning her mother's gelatin recipe into a great idea of ready-to-eat gelatin. She is also the author of "Thriving Latina Entrepreneurs in America" and was a recent speaker at Microsoft's, Small Business Summit. Carolina Jovenich, CEO and founder of Caroline Promotions will speak at the panel titled "Successful Marketing Strategies to Sell You and Your Business." Molly Muro, Business Development specialist 8(a), SBA will speak on how to gain certification through the SBA's small business certification programs and strategies to leverage certification for potential opportunities with federal agencies.

Essential workshops throughout the day include: "Securing Capital to Build Capacity," "Protecting You and Your Investments," and "Latina Entrepreneur Spotlight: Lessons Learned." Attendees will have the opportunity to network with panelists during the sessions, luncheon and the dessert reception.

Sweet delights, fabulous drawing prices donated by sponsors and exhibitors including Macy's "PRESCRIPTIVES" will be offered. Free professional makeovers and product samples will be provided at the makeover lounge as well.

The LATINA Style Business Series is the most successful ongoing business development program for Latina business owners in the nation. Over 17,000 Latina entrepreneurs and professionals have benefited from participating in this exciting and informative one-day business program since it first launched in 1998. Macy's Inc. is the title sponsor for the 2008 LSBS. National sponsors include: Principal Financial, Sam's Club, State Farm Insurance, UnitedHealthcare, Wal-Mart.

Registration fee includes dynamic panels, high-power networking opportunities in the exhibit area, breakfast, lunch, a commemorative gift bag and a two-year subscription to LATINA Style Magazine. Receive this for a tremendous value of only $30.00 if purchased online or $60.00 at the door. Since its inception in 1998, over 70 cities have visited and has received an overwhelming positive response by the Latina, Hispanic and small-business community.

LATINA Style Magazine, a lifestyle magazine for the professional Hispanic woman, hosts the LATINA Style Business Series bringing resources to entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs in the local area.

For more information or to register for the Anaheim Business Series visit http://www.latinastyle.com or call 1-800-651-8083.

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Latina Entrepreneur to Present at CONCILIA 2008

March 2008

Scheduled for Thursday, April 10, 2008, at Oklahoma City University's Meinders School of Business, CONCILIA 2008 will feature presentations from nationally recognized businesswomen who know what it takes to nurture a growing business.

FEATURING
Maria de Lourdes Sobrino, Founder/CEO, Lulu's Dessert
Established in 1982, Lulu's Dessert® Corporation is ranked among the largest and fastest growing Hispanic-owned business in the United States. Today, Lulu's Dessert manufactures more than 45 ready-to-eat products of different sizes and flavors and sells more than 60 million cups of gelatin per year nationwide.

Founder and CEO Maria De Lourdes Sobrino had the idea for ready-to-eat-gelatin while looking for the popular dessert after moving to the U.S. It was a staple in her native Mexico, but the concept was new and a novelty when introduced to American grocers.

Sobrino revolutionized the food industry by creating the first ready-to-eat gelatin category based on her own mother's recipe. From the initial production of 300 cups of gelatin a day, Lulu's Dessert has become a leading maker of ready-to-eat desserts.

Bill Hopkins of "USA Today" has called Sobrino "the queen of ready-to-eat gelatins and a force in the surging number of Hispanic Entrepreneurs." Hal Lancaster of the "Wall Street Journal" recognized her as a successful marketer and innovator in "getting out and selling customers your dream." Her story of success isn't a fairy tale, but of a determined woman who embarked a personal quest for achievement over 25 years ago.

For more information, please click here.
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Microsoft's Small Business Summit Offers Entrepreneurs Valuable Tips for Building a Successful Company

March 19, 2008

Hildy Medina--Hispanic Business Magazine

Access to capital, marketing, and technology solutions will be just some of the topics discussed at next week's Microsoft Small Business Summit.

The free four-day summit is available online and will feature some of the country's leading small business experts who will offer key tips on how to create and maintain a successful business. The summit kicks off March 24 at 12 p.m. EDT.

The summit's aim is to help entrepreneurs efficiently handle the day-to-day obstacles many of them face when running a small company and focus more time on other critical aspects like marketing and finding the right technology.

"The purpose of a business is always to give you a better life, but most people start a business out of necessity," says Louis Barajas, one of the business summit's featured speakers. "Just because they know how to do something doesn't mean they know how to run a business. People learn the hard way."

Mr. Barajas, a financial planner and author of "Small Business, Big Life," will share tips on how entrepreneurs can create a successful business and still have a life outside of work.

"Microsoft understands the challenges that small business owners face," says Jose Pinero, Microsoft's bilingual director of multicultural marketing. "The they have to wear all these different hats -- giving customer feedback, providing information, providing the right products."

Hispanics in the U.S. are opening businesses at a rate that is three times as fast as the national average, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In 2006, there were nearly 1.6 million Hispanic-owned firms.

The event will include various interactive sessions and roundtable discussions with experts, including and Maria de Lourdes Sobrino, founder and CEO of LuLu's Dessert and author of "Thriving Latina Entrepreneurs in America."

"We're super excited about having Hispanic business experts such as Maria Sobrino and Louis Barajas because it's important that we address the needs of Hispanic business owners," says Mr. Pinero.

Participants can submit questions online. Mr. Barajas and Ms. Sobrino will take questions in both English and Spanish.

For those not able to make the online summit at the scheduled dates and times, Microsoft will rebroadcast key segments. For more information and to register, go to www.sbsummit.com.


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Local California Female Entrepreneur Joins Barbara Walters to Speak at
Office Depot’s National Conference for Women Business Owners
ANAHEIM, Calif.,--February XX, 2005— Maria de Lourdes Sobrino, Founder and CEO of Lulu’s Dessert® Corporation, one of the largest and fastest growing Hispanic owned businesses in the United States, will join keynote presenter, Barbara Walters, ABC News Correspondent and Emmy-Award Winning Co-Host and Co-Executive Producer of “The View” as a featured business panelist at Office Depot’s 5th annual Success Strategies for Businesswomen Conference—Connectivity: People.  Ideas.  Opportunities.

According to the Center for Women’s Business Research, nearly half (47.7%) of all privately-held businesses in the U.S. are 50% or more owned by women for a total of 10.6 million.  And in California there are an estimated 1,249,343 privately-held, 50% or more women-owned firms accounting for 48.6% of all privately-held, women-owned businesses in the state.

What’s more, among the 50 states and Washington, DC, California ranks first in the number of privately-held, 50% or more owned by women firms, in employment and sales.

According to Sharon Hadary, Executive Director, Center for Women’s Business Research, “Women-owned businesses are expanding in number and employment at twice the rate of all businesses and are generating revenues of nearly $2.5 trillion.”

The power of women-owned businesses continues to grow exponentially, which Sobrino knows first hand; because of her leadership, she was recognized and invited to be part of President George W. Bush’s, Economic Forum in Waco, Texas to represent “Small Businesses”.

Sobrino will be a moderator at Office Depot’s conference this month during a business session entitled, “CEO Success Strategies- Connecting the Right Ideas with the Right Opportunities.”

During the session, Sobrino will offer women entrepreneurs how-to information for overcoming and maneuvering around the day-to-day challenges women face as small business owners, a strategy she has mastered; in 2000, Working Women Magazine honored Sobrino with the Working Women Excellence Award for "Overcoming Obstacles".   

“As a woman entrepreneur for more than 30 years, I have encountered many obstacles in my business, so I am very familiar with the difficulties women face.  Attending this year’s Office Depot’s Success Strategies for Businesswomen conference will give me the opportunity to learn and exchange knowledge, advice and counseling with different minority and women-owned businesses,” said Sobrino.

The three day-conference will be held at the Boca Raton Resort and Spa in Boca Raton, Fla., and takes place Sunday, February 27-March 1, 2005. 

More than 1,000 women from across the country are expected to attend. Other keynote presenters and panelists joining Sobrino include:

  1. Kathy Ireland, Chief Designer and CEO of Kathy Ireland Worldwide (KIWW)

  2. Dr. Maya Angelou, Poet, Author, Educator, Activist and Renaissance Woman

  3. Nely Galán, Creator and Executive Producer of Fox’s hit reality series “The Swan.”

  4. Debbi Fields, Former Chairman and Founder of Mrs. Fields Cookies

  5. Anne M. Mulcahy, Chairman and CEO, Xerox Corporation

  6. Barbara Corcoran, Chairman of the Corcoran Group

  7. Josephine Chaus, CEO, Bernard Chaus, Inc.

Office Depot’s Success Strategies for Businesswomen Conference is recognized as one of the nation’s most prominent and significant events offered annually to female small business owners.  It is open to the public, but limited to the first 1,000 registrants. Those interested in registering may do so online at www.officedepotsuccess.com or by calling 1-888-475-3344. 
The three-day conference is $554.

“As a successful Latina entrepreneur, I have been fortunate to have participated in many conferences such as this one, where I have learned and enhanced my strategic planning skills in order to succeed in business,” noted Sobrino.  “I feel compelled to give something back to my community by serving as a role model for those women who have a dream to establish their own business.”     

For more information on women-owned businesses please visit the Center for Women’s Business Research at www.womensbusinessresearch.org or for California specific information, please visit http://www.womensbusinessresearch.org/USStateFacts/California.pdf.


About the Conference
The Office Depot Success Strategies for Businesswomen Conference was created in 2001 to provide women in business with networking opportunities, while offering programs and seminars that help them manage their businesses more successfully. The conference also spotlights national professional women’s organizations and honors top women in business with Office Depot Visionary Awards and Businesswomen of the Year Awards.
Xerox is the presenting sponsor for the 2005 conference; platinum sponsors are MassMutual and Hewlett Packard.  Other supporting sponsors include: Acco, Bic, Canon, Energizer, International Paper, JKG Group, Microsoft and Smead.
For a schedule of keynote speakers and panel business sessions featured and to learn more about the conference, please visit www.officedepotsuccess.com.


About Office Depot
With annual sales of more than $12 billion, no one sells more office supplies to more customers in more countries than Office Depot. Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Delray Beach, Fla., the company conducts business in 23 countries and employs nearly 50,000 people worldwide.

Office Depot is a leader in every distribution channel – from retail stores and contract delivery to catalogs and e-commerce. The company is the world’s number three online retailer – on track to generate $3B in sales for FY’04.  In North America, Office Depot has 923 retail stores in addition to a national business-to-business delivery network supported by 22 delivery centers, more than 60 local sales offices and 13 regional call centers. 

The company’s common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ODP and is included in the S&P 500 Index.

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