As I write this letter, we have just recently finished celebrating another Hispanic Heritage Month
Of course, in our world, we celebrate and promote Hispanic culture every month of the year––and this issue of the Consular Newsletter will give you many reasons to celebrate.
One big reason to celebrate is the announcement that Mónica S. Villalobos, president and CEO of the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, will receive the prestigious Ohtli Award at the Ambassadors‘ Ball on Nov. 19 in Phoenix (p.8).
In this issue, you also will meet Martha Maurer, a proud Latina who is the news director at KTAR News in Phoenix (p.2), and the McKay family, who moved to Mexico after Tamarr McKay retired from the U.S. military (p.10).
In #ChooseMexico, you will learn about the Mexico Projects Hub, a Mexican government initiative that helps investors find long-term infrastructure projects (p. 3), read about how the textile industry in Mexico is thriving (p.4) and discover how the Mexican government is guaranteeing that Mexico is at the forefront of global gender parity initiatives (p.3).
In #Arizona Thrives, you will get an update on the Arizona–Sonora border infrastructure improvements from the Arizona-Mexico Commission Senior Advisor Luis E. Ramírez Thomas of Ramirez Advisors Inter-National (p.5). You also will learn that Northern Arizona University was designated last year as a Hispanic-Serving Institution and meet its newest president, Jose Luis Rivera (p.7). You will meet Todd Sanders, president and CEO of The Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, who knows that being a good neighbor is simply good business (p.8).
This month’s #DiscoverMexico will give you three reasons to explore the northeastern state of Nuevo León––the beautiful pueblos mágicos of Santiago, Linares and Bustamante (p.14)––and meet Eugenio Garza Sada, one of its most accomplished citizens (p.15).
November will bring a lot of activity in both the political and economic sectors from organizations relevant to the relationship between Arizona and Mexico. Our last newsletter of 2022 will give readers the highlights from the past year and look at what we can expect in 2023.
Jorge Mendoza Yescas
Consul General of Mexico