Urban Strategies Inheritance: discovering the richness of latino family & culture, paperback/lorena garza gonzalez

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Inheritance: Discovering the Richness of Latino Culture and Family.

Our Latino culture is rich and powerful.

These stories remind us of the profound gifts our families and community pass on to us and how they lay the foundation for our success and make us who we are.

You will laugh, cry and be reminded of your own inheritance.

About the Author: DR.

LORENA GARZA GONZALEZ Through her lifelong commitment to leadership and service, Dr.

Lorena Gonzalez inspires individuals to recognize and magnify their strengths for the good of others.

Lorena combines practical and theoretical experiences to provide training and technical assistance that teaches practitioners, educators, policymakers, and community leaders how to build successful programs driving positive change.

She also is instrumental in creating partnerships that strengthen the power of underserved communities.

Lorena was recently inducted into the prestigious Hispanic Scholarship Fund's Hall of Fame, where she received the Optimista award for achieving success through persistence in the face of adversity.

Although her father had only a third-grade education, Lorena credits her father's four words, You can do it, for helping her complete three degrees as a young wife and mother.

Lorena received her Ph D in Leadership Studies from Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas, and her MA in Bicultural Bilingual Studies from the University of Texas at San Antonio.

She completed post-doctoral work at Harvard University's Government, Executive Education Program.

Lorena and her husband, Rene, have three children and reside in San Antonio, Texas.

LISA TREVINO CUMMINS As a third-generation American of Mexican descent, Lisa Trevino Cummins traces the formation of her identity and world view to her family and faith.

She began her professional career at Bank of America where she pioneered community development efforts, providing national leadership focused on building public and private partnerships with faith-based.