HOPE Alumnae Roster

Dear HOPE Supporter,

HOPE proudly shares this roster of over 1,240 Latina women who are currently advocating for their communities and the advancement of women everywhere. This roster profiles Latinas from various backgrounds, education, and ages – a truly diverse group deeply united by their Latinidad, commitment to community, and HOPE.

HOPE is one of the most impactful women’s organizations in the country. Through our flagship programs, we have created a pipeline of Latina leaders who catalyze change in their communities on a daily basis and are continuously making the world a better place.

HOPE’s leadership pipeline captures the talent and determination exhibited by our HOPE Youth Leadership Program participants – 100% come from underserved, low-income communities, and 93% enroll in college. The pipeline of leadership continues with our adult Latina professionals who participate in the HOPE Leadership Institute. These women come from humble beginnings and have fought to earn their place at the table, the majority of whom are the first in their families to go to college. In many ways, the women of the HOPE Leadership Institute were once the girls served by the HOPE Youth Leadership Program. In the past few years HOPE has expanded our leadership programs to be inclusive of Latina college students nationwide through the HOPE College Leadership Program and of Latina executives ready to advance their leadership impact both nationally and internationally through the HOPE Binational Fellowship. Through these programs we have developed a more durable and expansive leadership pipeline that impacts change across the United States and in Mexico.

HOPE alumnae’s influence is visible nationally, statewide and in our local cities. Currently, HOPE’s California-based alumnae serve on the City Councils of the state’s largest cities, and our Binational alumnae are leading in their state governments in Texas, Minnesota, Illinois and more. Between the HOPE Leadership Institute and the HOPE BinationalFellowship, 82 alumnae have been elected to office. They are leading county, local school and community college boards, starting nonprofits, and have served on over 480 government appointed boards, commissions and agencies. In their leadership roles, HOPE alumnae manage budgets that add up to well over 415 billion dollars, more than double the individual budgets of 49 states in 2020. Their reach is vast, with women impacting both rural and urban communities; from grassroots organizations, to multinational corporations, to the floor of state legislatures across the country.

We are witnesses to the difference our leaders are making – publishing op-eds in local papers to ensure their college peers and communities respond to the Census, changing the rules of our courts to hold child protective services more accountable to foster youth, building affordable housing units, providing Spanish translation in Santa Barbara and NapaValley after devastating wildfires, introducing legislation that will provide millions in legal relief to Central American refugees, standing up to systemic racism on their State Senate floor, or ensuring COVID-19 response includes all communities.HOPE alumnae have lead all these efforts.

HOPE is part of creating and uplifting the Latina story; our collective legacies as Leaders working to ensure our democracy and economy will be strong so it can live up to the ideals imaged by the founders of the United States. However, Latinas are ensuring these ideals include everyone and no community is left behind. For many Latinas, HOPE is a way to proclaim to our mothers and the women who came before us: “We got this, your struggle will not die in vain.”

HOPE is a safe haven for Latinas who dare to envision themselves as leaders and are ready to change our institutions and corporations from the inside out. HOPE is a beacon of why investing in Latina leadership is a long-term, low-risk proposition with high yields of return – because the impact Latinas are making in communities is key to our future.

This is the time to step up and demonstrate what we all know to be true: Latinas are ready to lead and to be responsible for this great country. We are proud to say because of HOPE, many more Latinas will lead the way to perfecting our union and lifting up all communities. Thank you for your support of HOPE’s leadership programs and our mission toensure economic and political parity for all Latinas.

With HOPE towards the future,

Helen Iris Torres
Chief Executive Officer