Lorena Today

Lilly Cavanaugh, Executive Director of the Ohio Latino Affairs Commission and Barb Smoot, President & CEO of Women for Economic and Leadership Development (WELD, the organization that develops and advances women’s leadership to strengthen the economic prosperity of the communities it serves tased with Lorena Mora-Mowry about the Latina Equal Pay Day in 2020. -It takes Latinas about 23 months to make what a white man makes on average over the span of 12 months. In other words, Latinas make 54 cents to every dollar a white- non Latinx man makes. Lilly and Barb would like to uplift all Latina voices and stories and begin discussing pay parity. "We should not only learn how to climb the success ladder, but also how to advocate for our value in the workplace and negotiate for just wages. There are complex systemic issues that exist for women in the workforce compounded by racial differences, and raising awareness of this is the first step", said Lilly. The 2020 Latina Equal Pay Day National Forum- ¡Latina