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Leadership for Latinx Serving Business, Professional, and Healthcare Organizations

Vision:  The growing US Latino GDP — driven by the Latino Healthy Lifestyle Advantage — providing the competitive edge to the nation’s GDP so that it maintains its pre-eminence
among the world’s economies throughout the 21st century.

Purpose: Turning personal lived experience into knowledge and skills for leadership in Latino-serving business, professional and healthcare organizations by catalyzing:

  • Vision through an understanding of the US Latino GDP and the Latino Healthy Lifestyle Advantage;

  • Voice through an understanding of the Latino Double Impostor Syndrome and Latino Confusion about US Race Categories.

Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, learners will be able to:

  • Cultivate their sense of narrative self by examining and drawing power from their lived experience of the Latinx Double Impostor Syndrome (i.e. being told that one is too Latinx ever to be American, but when in Latinx space, being told one is too American to be an “authentic” Latinx).
  • Describe why Latinx are confused about the US racial narrative.
  • Use the Latinx Epidemiological Paradox and Latino Healthy Lifestyle Advantage to create a positive narrative about Latinx interaction with the US healthcare system.
  • Use the US Latinx Gross Domestic Product to develop a positive narrative about Latinx contributions to the US economy and society.
  • Create a professional community of deepened and cohesive narrative as diverse professionals 
  • Identify a personal path to executive-level positions, election to board governance, and appointment to critically impactful boards and commissions.
  • Play leading roles by using their voice in the construction of a shared narrative for the multicultural, multiracial society of 21st century California and beyond.

Content overview: The Institute is a four-month experience (3 days on-site at UCLA, four months online) tailored to each individual to meet the challenges unique to leaders guiding Latino-serving business, professional and healthcare organizations. The institute provides substantive information that the American institutions are often unaware of, which is critical to formulating a strategic vision for 21st-century America.

Executive leadership coaching:
As part of the Institute experience, we provide you with an Executive Leadership Coach to help program concepts become applicable to you in your world. Experienced coaches, that are fueled by their passion and compassion, support changes that clients want to make and help them uncover insights into their leadership to impact society in ways that matter most to them.

Program Overview:
Phase 1: Engagement

  • Via Zoom – Thursday, September 4, 2025 | 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM PST
  • Connecting with executive coach | Via Zoom based on your schedule (1-hr)

Phase 2: Self and industry discoveries - In-person three-day sessions - data-driven discussion contributing to self-discovery (voice and vision) and opportunities to elevate leadership in Latino-serving business, professional and healthcare organizations
Location: UCLA

  • Friday, October 3, 2025 | 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Saturday, October 4, 2025 | 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Sunday, October 5, 2025 | 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Phase 3: Connecting and creating - Connecting with executive coach and cohort.

  • Connecting with executive coach | Via Zoom based on your schedule (1-hr)
  • Cohort Check-in via Zoom on Thursday, October 30, 2025| 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Phase 4: The path forward - as individual leaders and as a community.

  • Connecting with executive coach | Via Zoom based on your schedule (1-hr)
  • Cohort Path Forward | Via Zoom on Tuesday, December 2, 2025 | 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Most Phases and the 1:1 coaching sessions will be conducted virtually. The in-person session will be held on the University of California, Los Angeles campus.

Registration
Course Fee — Does not include travel or lodging (on your own)

  • $995 for participants who do not require Continuing Medical Education credits
  • $1,995 for participants who do desire CME credit.

FAQ

  • What industry is this leadership institute ideal for?
    Enrollment in this program is open to all those interested in meeting the challenges unique to leaders guiding Latino-serving business, professional and healthcare organizations. The focus of the Leadership Institute is leadership for Latino Health and Thrivance and encompasses a broad variety of topics relevant to advancing leadership that include Latino history, the Latino Healthy Lifestyle Advantage, and why Latinx are confused about the US racial narrative, among other topics. 

  • Is this leadership institute open to other leaders who are not in health care?
    Yes, absolutely, it is open to all individuals who are ready to meet the challenges unique to leaders guiding Latino-serving business, professional and healthcare organizations. We welcome professionals across disciplines, departments, and sectors related to business, health, and finance. 

  • Is there a scholarship available to participate in this program?
    Not this time. We encourage you to work with your employer/institution to determine funding options for this professional development opportunity. 

  • Is this a virtual or in-person experience?
    Both, but mostly virtual. There is one three-day onsite meeting at the UCLA campus. (Travel expenses are not included). Please see above for specific details on dates and location.

Additional Questions
If you have questions about the program or enrollment, please email ceslac_all@mednet.ucla.edu.