Latinas On The Plaza
Meet Magdalena ⭐ Why should a company hire you for a leadership role? I effectively use my strategic skills and my interpersonal skills to develop strong healthy relationships with our clients. I thrive when I’m managing projects and I’m streamlining proceses and procedures. For example I increased participation for my curent organizations, Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement (HACE) When I created a robust automatic process for coaching sessions for 13 cohorts nationwide. In doing this, I was ablet to decrease forfeited sessions by 40% and productivity level within 4 months. While at The Little Village Chamber of Commerce (LVCC), I implemented and managed a program funded by the United States Hispanic Chamber (USHCC) of Commerce from beginning to end. I helped over 60 plus businesses in obtaining loans and growing. After the first cohort, USHCC, granted LVCC the award for Chamber of the year in 2018 due to such a comprehensive program. ⭐ What are your strengths and how will that help a company? According to Strengths finder I am an achiever. That skills coupled with my organizational skills allows me to bring immediate value to my employers. For instance, when I began working at HACE, I was hired as a consultant for the marketing department. Within two months the National Program Director for Mujeres de HACE Program, noticed I was able to increase enrollemnt for registration within a short period of time and I was offered a position as a full time employee. Seven months later, again I was promoted due to my initiative and leadership skills.
Helping women of color rise to their full potential
September 2020 Issue
Given my 12 years of experience honing my strengths I am a better listener. This has served me well in that I am able to offer my help to those who seek my opinion. I also use my organizational skills to increase my productivity and my relational strengths to build great partnerships with our clients.
⭐ Where do you see yourself in 5 years? In 5 years, I would like to be seen as someone with great expertise in providing socioeconomic growth opportunities. I’m also really excited to take on more managerial responsibilities in the next few years and take the lead on some projects.
⭐ What do you need right now to escalate your career? I’m currently directly involved in managing multiple projects and programs. I’m looking towards obtaining a Project Management Professional (PMP) Certificate. In obtaining this certificate I will be able to excel in manging projects and open the doors for greater opportunities aimed towards my professional growth. I work at a non-profit, it is extremely difficult to afford classess and the cost to take the exam. 16
