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www.negociosnow.com 24 Abril 2023 Age: 36 Title: Global Talent and Organizational Effecti- veness Manager Organization: SC Johnson Cindy Tapia is proud to be a Latina and Mexican woman with a great pas - sion for working in human resources and all topics related to inclusion and diversity. A psychologist with a major in coaching, she has 14 years of experi - ence in companies such as Coca-Cola, Avon, and Pfizer. She has been at SC Johnson for seven years, involved in human re- sources, inclusion and di- versity, and social respon- sibility, as well as leader of talent and culture for Latin America. Currently Tapia works at SC Johnson headquarters as global talent and organizational effectiveness manager, supporting the lifestyle brands business unit. In addition, Tapia is the current global chair of SC Johnson's women's employee resource group, working with leadership teams in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and North America toward the goal of inspiring and empow - ering women and their allies to make SC Johnson smarter, more inclusive, and the best place for women to work. Age: 37 Title: Capital Planning Supervisor Organization: Peoples Gas Amaris Torres is the capi - tal planning supervisor for Peoples Gas, which serves residential, commercial, and industrial customers in the city of Chicago and is a subsidiary of WEC Energy Group. In her current role she assists field teams in the planning and execution of an annual multi-million- dollar infrastructure system modernization program in the city of Chicago. Prior to her current job, she worked as a senior analyst, leading various initiatives for pro - cess improvements. She has worked for the majority of her career in the utility industry, but she took a couple of years away from corporate jobs to pur- sue volunteer work. For The World Race she backpacked to over 16 countries, lead- ing and mentoring teams as they assisted local nonprof- its with various community projects. In 2015 she worked at Bibles For The World in Colorado Springs, where she mobilized doctors in the hills of northeastern India for free medical camps. Amaris Torres is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee and received a bachelor's degree in accounting and finance with a minor in Spanish business. Age: 36 Title: Owner Organization: Salsas Family Market Born in Morelos, Cuer - navaca, Mexico, Laura Valle came to Chicago at the age of 14. Her parents had nothing and needed to work long shifts, leaving her alone with her 8-year- old sister and newborn boy. Their salary was not enough to support the family, so Valle found a part-time job in a grocery store where she met her future husband. Previously she owned the successful restaurant Salsa's Grill at 3808 W. Lawrence Ave. It was known for pozole and tamales, but the stress and time needed to run a restaurant made her con - sider leaving the industry. She opened Salsas Family Market with a goal of giving staff, especially women, the opportunity for a job within walking distance of home. As a woman, mother, and wife, Valle knows it is some - times hard to hold jobs run by men or large corpo- rations that do not allow flexible schedules. She started the store with only herself and her husband. After two years in business, they were distrib - uting homemade salsas to six different stores and had hired five women with flex- ible hours and days. Cindy Tapia Amaris Torres Laura Valle Making a better company for women Keeping homes warm in winter Creating a better space for women Gabriela Vargas Challenging society to handle suicide differently Age: 36 Title: Founder & President Organization: National Hispanic Suicide Prevention Network Inc. Gabriela Vargas is a social entrepreneur, and founder and owner of Poiema Studio, a safe space for community mental wellness in the city of Elgin where the National Hispanic Suicide Prevention Network Inc. was born. With the support of co-founder Alejandro Ramirez, Vargas leads NHSPN, a nonprofit organization centered on suicide prevention with an increased focus on marginal - ized communities. Vargas' passion for pre- venting suicide in the Hispan- ic community is based on per- sonal experience with anxiety and depression, the impact of becoming a suicide attempt, and suicide loss survivor. She began making a difference in her community by sharing her personal survival story and advocating for changing the way society remembers suicide loss victims and offers support to survivors. Varags shares the challeng - es of fellow immigrants. She was born in Zacatecas, Mex- ico, and grew up biculturally as an undocumented child in Palatine, Illinois. She became a mother at a very young age. As she raised her two sons and worked in a community hos - pital as a medical interpreter for 14 years, Vargas experi- enced firsthand the needs in her community.

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