President and CEO
Carlos Alcazar leads HCN’s teams in our work to inform, empower and engage Hispanic communities. As a multicultural media and marketing expert with a deep background in education, he has built and manages the largest social and cause marketing media...
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Director of Account Management
As Director of Account Management for HCN, Victor is responsible for managing internal resources to manage client projects and deliver communications solutions that are on-time, on-budget and that exceed client expectations. Victor is originally from Dallas, TX, and is extremely...
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Director of Client Engagement
Alison identifies new opportunities to develop social marketing strategies for mission-oriented clients aiming to increase brand equity, message reach, and accessibility of services to Latino communities. She specializes in client engagement, business development, account management, project planning and execution, multimedia...
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Production & Creative Services Director
There is one main lesson that Gonzalo Bernal has learned throughout his 23 years of experience in the media industry: As a writer and producer, you must respect your audience. Born and raised in Venezuela, Gonzalo has been able to...
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Founder and Chairman
Jeff’s exposure to the power of media came during his participation in the Free Speech Movement at UC Berkeley in 1964, which won the right to discuss issues and organize on campus in support of civil rights. In 1968 he...
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Chief of Staff
Maria Nape is HCN’s Chief of Staff and joins us from Las Cruces, New Mexico where she served as a Director of the Border Rights Project for the ACLU of New Mexico, as well as an accomplished grant writer, having...
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Special Assistant to the Chairman
Alliyah comes to Hispanic Communications Network with an educated background in the sciences, social justice issues, program development, and higher education sustainability. In 2003, Alliyah received her B.A. in Environmental, Population, and Organismic Biology from the University of Colorado at...
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Business Development Associate
Originally from Veracruz Mexico, Ali is currently earning a master’s degree in Public Relations and Corporate Communications at Georgetown University. Prior to HCN, he spent four months working for Dialogue Social Enterprise, in Hamburg Germany, as a Communications Associate for...
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Director of Affiliate & Media Relations
For over twenty years, Mercy Padilla has held prominent positions in the Puerto Rican radio industry as a Disc Jockey, Moderator, Traffic Director, General Manager, Owner and President of a radio station in her native city of Guayama. Mercy joined...
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Communications Consultant
As a Communications consultant, Maricela Huerta utilizes her public relations and event-coordinating experience in the government, private and non-profit sector to support the HCN Account Management and Digital team with social media, events marketing and promotions. Prior to HCN, Maricela...
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Bienvenidos a América – Radio Show Host
Jose Lopez Zamorano is one of the most accomplished and respected Latino journalists in the nation’s capital. As editor of the Mexican news agency Notimex, Jose is directly responsible for the management of 16 journalists and photographers in eight regions...
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Journalist
Luisa Fernanda Montero is an award-winning journalist with 20 years of experience in radio, television and print media. During the last twelve years, Ms. Montero has covered political, immigration, national and local community issues in Washington DC, for the most...
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Multimedia Producer
Paul Castro has worked for Hispanic Communication Network for the past 5 years, originally from El Paso, Texas. He has worked in various facets of audio production in the past ten years. Prior to joining HCN he helped manage a...
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Editorial & Media Relations Assistant
Originally from Rockville, Maryland, Angelica is currently a senior at Towson University where she is majoring in Communications. Prior to working at HCN, Angelica spent 7 months in Bogota, Colombia and studied at the University of the Andes. At HCN,...
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Regional Director, Latin America
Mr. Calderoni manages projects for HCN in the Latin American region including business development, strategic alliances and programming. Jose lives in Mexico City and was previously responsible for Research and Development for the Latin American Institute for Educational Communications (ILCE),...
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Project Development Associate
Trinity joins HCN with an academic background in the humanities and a social activist background in public health, women’s, and environmental issues. She earned her BA from Sarah Lawrence College, where she was active in student politics as well as...
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Sound Engineer
After earning his B.S. in Physical Science from the University of Maryland, David joins the HCN Production Department as a sound engineer to help in the production of HCN’s informational and educational content radio programming. David’s experience in both commercial...
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Office Manager
Patricia comes to HCN with 12 years experience in office management, accounting, and human resources. Prior to arriving in D.C., she spent six years working in New York. She oversees the office and works closely with our CEO to make...
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Bienvenidos a América – Resident Immigration lawyer
Silverio Coy is the Senior Managing Partner at The Law Firm of Silverio Coy, P.C. in the Washington, D.C. Metro Area. He has dedicated his life to serving the underrepresented immigrant community in the United States. First as Community Organizer...
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Bienvenidos a América – Resident Immigration lawyer
Jay Marks has been committed to defending the constitutional rights and dignity of immigrants in US courts since 1996. Jay strives to make the promise of American justice a reality for many US immigrants who have had roots in this...
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