Unbeatable Latinas: A Rebellious Approach to Achieving Professional Succes

In Unbeatable Latinas, Valeria Aloe takes us on a transformative journey. She begins by examining how ancestral cultural messages --such as «be humble, » «just work hard, » «be grateful for what you already have, » and «don't create conflict»-- have historically hindered our professional advancement, leaving many of us feeling undervalued, underpaid, or unsupported in our growth.

Aloe invites us to unlearn those cultural influences, to rebel against the remnants of machismo, colorism, and scarcity rooted in our collective unconscious, and to become courageous leaders committed to transforming our mindsets so we can radically transform our workplaces.

Throughout these pages, Aloe provides a detailed roadmap for our professional success tailored to our unique cultural needs, highlighting key catalysts for our growth such as building authentic professional brands, confidently advocating for our ideas, creating a supportive network of mentors and sponsors, and balancing multiple demands from our jobs and families. Each chapter inspires immediate action through microsteps, which, though seemingly small in the present, lead to exponential changes over time.

«This book legitimized me; it made me feel less alone in my experiences and offered me an action plan to emancipate myself from our limiting cultural beliefs. I feel seen and heard.» Sara S.

Valeria Aloe is a consultant expert in culture and diversity, as well as a speaker, an award-winning author, and the founder of Rising Together.The first in her family to graduate from college and access corporate spaces both in her native Argentina and in the United States, Valeria accumulates more than 20 years of experience in brand management, business development and finance in leading corporations across seven countries, including Procter & Gamble, Citibank, Reckitt Benckiser, tiaa, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

In 2018 she launched Rising Together, a consulting and workforce development company with a mission to help close gender and leadership gaps in the Latino community. Through this company, Valeria assists Fortune 500 companies in addressing the unique cultural needs of their Latino professionals and supports their non-Latino managers and leaders in becoming more assertive mentors and sponsors of Latino talent. Her work has been recognized with several awards, including «Top 100 Latina in the U.S. in 2023, » «Top 50 Women in Business in New Jersey in 2020, » and «5th Most Influential Hispanic in New Jersey in 2021.» Her first book, Uncolonized Latinas, won first place in the non-fiction category at the New York Book Festival, among 16 other national and international recognitions.

Valeria is the Vice President of Lean In Latina Surge National and serves in the Latin American and Caribbean Alumni Council of the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. She holds Business Administration and Finance degrees from Universidad Católica Argentina, an mba from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, and a Master's in Spiritual Sciences.She is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Spiritual Sciences.