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Member Spotlight
Meet Roxanne Saldaña Jones
from United Ways of Texas!
Chapter Events
22nd
ANNUAL HWNT STATE CONFERENCE
Challenges...Choices...Connections:
Issues Facing Latinas Today
Artwork
by Laura Lopez Cano
Date:
August 15-16, 2008
Location and Address:
The Hilton Post Oak Hotel
2001 Post Oak Blvd
Houston, 77056-4401
Click here
for Registration and Event Information.
REGISTER by July 30th
to take advantage of price discount!!!
MAKE your HOTEL Reservations NOW!!
2008 Las Estrellas de Tejas
Award
At the Annual HWNT
State Conference on
Saturday, August
16, 2008,
HWNT will honor women, from among its membership, who have made significant
contributions to their community, and are role models for women. Each
Chapter will present an Estrella Award to a selected member.
The Austin Chapter is proud to honor
Carol Hernandez
Caroline currently serves as Past Chair of the Hispanic
Women's Network of Texas Austin Chapter (HWNT). Since joining HWNT in 2001 she
has also served the roles of Chair, Chair Elect and VP of Membership.
Caroline has been in the financial aid industry for over 10
years and is currently a Senior Account Executive for Texas Guaranteed Student
Loan Corporation, a national guarantor agency located in Round Rock, TX. She is
also a member of several professional financial aid industry organizations and
active on several industry committees.
Caroline is very passionate in helping bridge the education
gap and helping students and families find financial opportunities to help them
reach their educational goals. She is an advocate for education, our youth and
issues affecting the Latino culture. Caroline is an active volunteer in the
Latino community and with the Leander Independent School District. She is past
president and graduate of the Cedar Park Citizen’s Police Academy #17 and is
also a graduate of Leadership Leander ISD. She is also a founder and past board
member for the Leander Educational Excellence Foundation, a non-profit created
to improve academic outcome in the Leander School District.
Caroline is a member of Phi Theta Kappa International Honor
Society and holds a B.S. in Management from Park University. She is married to
Javier M. Hernandez, President & Founder of the National Latino Peace Officer's
Association Central Texas Chapter and mother to two beautiful girls.
CONGRATULATIONS, CAROL and THANK YOU
FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT!
Upcoming Events - Mark
your Calendars!
August-
15-16th HWNT
State Conference, Houston, TX
September-
18th Joint
Membership Mixer with the National Hispanic Professional
Organization (NHPO)
Chapter
News
Member and Chapter Chair, Luisa Gaviño-Martinez is recognized as Emerging
Leader of the Year Finalist within international organization, eWomen's
Network.
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Luisa
Gaviño-Martinez
Sponsored by the
Houston, TX Chapter (eWomen's Network)
Over the course of four years, Luisa Gavino-Martinez earned a BS in
Sociology, a BS in US Latino Studies, and a Master’s degree in
Organizational Studies from Stanford University. After graduation, she went
on to become the youngest elected Board Chair of the Hispanic Women’s
Network of Texas. Luisa was a founding member of the Amigos Austin group,
which empowers young leaders, promotes community development and strengthens
multicultural understanding for people of the Americas. In order to
communicate the importance of understanding and accepting diversity in her
professional life, she was a founding member of the Greater Austin Wells
Fargo Diversity Council. |
CONGRATULATIONS!!
The Hispanic Women’s Network of Texas (HWNT) - Austin Chapter has been selected
as a recipient of a $5,000 donation from Wells Fargo Bank. The donation
was part of Wells Fargo’s local outreach efforts to support HWNT’s education
program that awards college scholarships to young Hispanic women. The funds
were presented to HWNT Austin Chapter Chair, Luisa Gaviño-Martinez, by Wells
Fargo District Manager Olivia Juarez.
This contribution will enable HWNT to award $10,000 in
college scholarships to deserving Central Texas Latina students.
"Hispanics account for a significant segment of employees entering the U.S.
labor force and an educated Latino population is fundamental to the future
productivity and growth of the country's economy," said Gaviño-Martinez. "HWNT
recognizes and rewards outstanding Latina students pursuing a higher education;
Central Texas Hispanic students have a true champion on their side in Wells
Fargo, which recognizes the importance of education in the success of our
community."
Olivia Juarez, District Manager, presented the check to HWNT
Austin Board Members: Leslie Leal, Luisa Gavino-Martinez and Mireya Hord.
Past Events
The
Hispanic Women's Network of Texas (HWNT-Austin),
the Young Hispanic Professional Austin Assn (YHPAA)
and the National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA)
joined together in
June for a Membership Mixer
and it was a great success!
This
was
a great way to mingle and network with other local Hispanic organizations - we
had over 80+ attendees and collected items for The Ronald McDonald House
Charities of Austin.
Thank you for your support!
Get Involved!
HWNT Austin is supporting Our Mission Possible and their efforts
to keep Central Texas teens in school. The organization identifies "at
risk teens" through truancy and delinquency programs and provides a program of
awareness in the participants of their individual power and their uniqueness. It
encourages them to believe that they have, as yet undeveloped, talents and
abilities; that they have choices; that the first step toward success and
happiness in life is to show up, to stand tall, to be present; and that
accomplishing their dream is possible.
We NEED VOLUNTEERS for the next student session.
Have a direct impact on these students' lives. Come out and
share your story, listen to theirs and provide them with the tools for them to take charge of their future and success.
For more information on
volunteering, contact Luisa Gaviño-Martinez at
austinchair@hwnt.org. Visit
www.ourmp.org to learn more about their programs and mission.
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