What do World Champion boxer Canelo Álvarez, actress Adria Arjona, Senator Alex Padilla, wellness guru Deepak Chopra, internet sensation Gary Vaynerchuk, music superstar Gloria Estefan, actor Andy García, and the CEOs of Disney, Nike, The Home Depot, Bank of America, Cisco, Sony Pictures, Dow Jones, and AT&T have in common? They will all be at NAHREP @ L’ATTITUDE – live and in-person. NAHREP is on a mission to rebrand the Latino community in America by educating business leaders and economically empowering the community. Along with attracting the most powerful business leaders, NAHREP and L’ATTITUDE are building a mecca for investors, executives, creatives, and Latino entrepreneurs. This is the only Latino event covered by the national media. Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal, MSNBC, CNBC, Comcast, and Telemundo are all media partners.
NAHREP and L’ATTTITUDE will be doing onsite COVID testing for all attendees and participants. If you are a Latino business professional on the rise and haven’t registered, please visit our website at nahrep.org/conference and lattitude.net. You can’t afford to miss it!
In this episode, I talk about why progress rarely comes from perfect ideas or moral certainty—and why waiting for purity often keeps us stuck. Idealism can feel virtuous, but history shows that real change happens when people are willing to act, accept imperfection, and move forward anyway. For our community, that means choosing momentum over stagnation, results over symbolism, and responsibility over comfort. If we’re serious about building power, dignity, and lasting progress, this is a conversation we need to have—honestly and without illusions.
In this episode, I talk about something we’re almost never encouraged to say out loud: wealth is power—literally. Not likes, not outrage, not visibility. I break down why real influence comes from ownership and leverage, not consumption; why income feeds families but equity builds dynasties; and why a wealthy Latino with a clear purpose shouldn’t be seen as a problem, but as proof of what’s possible. If you’ve ever felt uneasy talking about money or ambition, I’d love for you to watch this one and think about what “owning more” could look like for you and our community.
For a long time, Latinos in America were told a comforting story: work hard, be loyal, and eventually the power would follow. In this episode, I talk about why that story was never completely true—and why visibility, outrage, and good intentions still don’t translate into real power. I lay out what every successful group in this country eventually figured out about leverage, capital, and building our own institutions, and why 2026 has to be the year we stop waiting for permission and start playing a different game. If you’re ready to think beyond parties, elections, and slogans, this is where that conversation begins.