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Claudia Romo Edelman
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Claudia Romo Edelman (née Claudia González Romo) is a social activist, speaker, and former Mexican-Swiss diplomat. She was Chief of Communications for the Secretary General of the United Nations and ran global advocacy for UNICEF, as well as worked in public relations and marketing for other international organizations, such as the World Economic Forum, the United Nations Refugee Agency and The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
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Every time I went to a restaurant and there was a waiter who was clearly Latino, and I spoke to him in Spanish, he would try to deny his identity, to suppress it
For a group that is so powerful to think of themselves as so weak, for a group that is so big to be seen so small? It’s a big thing
And then I started learning that, in America, they invented a word that means that 26 different countries all of a sudden are one group, and that I was going to belong to that group, and that that group was not terribly well perceived
If you’re Jorge, you pretend to be George, and you leave yourself at home, and you come with someone you don’t know
The work that I’m doing is very much inviting companies, decisionmakers, and Latinos everywhere to take action,” she says, “so that we can be seen as what we are: positive contributors to the country
Claudia Romo Edelman Is Working to Challenge Stereotypes,12 September 2024
I work out with my husband six times a week
Exercise is the anchor of my life. It keeps me focused and centered, which is particularly important when you lead a life that’s constantly on the move
Every morning, as I enter the day, I like to outline the three goals I want to achieve
Regardless of where I am or what I’m doing, I always have a daily call with my kids
We produce these bags and give them to the speakers at our summit with the message: ‘Behind every mask, there’s a human
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, we saw the president of Microsoft wearing his
First, address and connect with the audience, then tell a personal story about yourself, deliver your message with one to three points you want to make, then close it with something inspirational
Being able to speak up for the issues that matter is a privilege
I want to use my voice to remind us that we are all part of the same human family
This is our time. There is no better time
Hispanics have never been stronger. However, we’ve also never faced so many political pressures. This community needs to be united and it needs to unite now
A Day in the Life of Claudia Romo Edelman,3 February 2020
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Category:Living people
Category:Mexican Americans
Category:United Nations
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