As a first-generation immigrant family identifying as Latina, I recalled being asked to leave before an event began, not attend an event, or leave before donors arrived, not realizing the bias and discrimination embedded in those gestures. More importantly, I began to doubt whether I could ever be seen or heard in the philanthropic and fundraising space.
Author Archives: Aracely Muñoz
Aracely Muñoz is the Director for Corporate Partnerships at Children’s Medical Center Foundation and has been working in the non-profit, philanthropy and corporate social responsibility sectors since 2007. She is a Public Voices Fellow with The OpEd Project.
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COMMENTARY: Open the doors and diversity philanthropy
As a first-generation immigrant family identifying as Latina, I recalled being asked to leave before an event began, not attend an event, or leave before donors arrived, not realizing the bias and discrimination embedded in those gestures.