STRENGTHENING LATINO LEADERSHIP
Q&A with Abigail Golden-Vázquez
Senior Fellow, Strategy Prosperity Now
Expert in Equitable Economic Advancement, Latino Entrepreneurship and International Affairs and Communications
As founding Executive Director of the Aspen Institute Latinos and Society Program (AILAS) 2015-2020, Abigail launched a new policy program focused on the critical importance of the growing Latino population to the continued success of US democracy and economic well-being. AILAS under her leadership promoted policies and actions that advance Latinos in service to the collective good of the nation. AILAS also provides scholarships to strengthen Latino leadership and participation in a wide array of Aspen Institute programs. A major accomplishment of her tenure was the founding the Forum on Latino Business Growth, a cross-sector, multiethnic consortium of ecosystem leaders in the business development space dedicated to scaling Latino-owned businesses to close the $1.47 trillion dollar opportunity gap.
Abigail holds a B.A. in Political Science and Spanish from Amherst College and an M.A. in International Relations and Latin American Studies from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. She is a National Hispana Leadership Institute Executive Leadership Fellow and an International Career Advancement Program Fellow. She has attended leadership training at the Center for Creative Leadership and at Harvard Kennedy School.