1st Book Showcasing Latino-Led Innovation in Green Economy Launched at Sold-Out Leadership Summit

PRLog (Press Release) - May 16, 2011 - Her two-year discovery project has resulted in the first book spotlighting entrepreneurship and innovation coming from the Latino business community. Titled "Latinnovating: Green American Jobs and the Latinos Creating Them," it was written for students, professionals in transition and anyone seeking to make wise choices about future career paths as our American economy undergoes massive transformation. Readers will immediately benefit from the content of the book which includes:
•   Success stories of sustainable businesses in 10 different sectors of the economy including our energy grid, industrial lighting systems, industrial printing, packaging, communications, green building techniques, venture capital and much more. You will gain insight into 10 different industries in one book.
•   The childhood-to-entrepreneurship journeys taken by the featured innovators.
•   Insider perspectives and resource recommendations to act on immediately.

This book received congressional recognition months ahead of publication for its unique content and focus. Two dozen individuals representing the business, environmental, education and social justice communities have endorsed this unique new piece of literature.

The book is now available in both print and Kindle versions at Amazon.com. ePub version will be available next week. As part of the author’s low-carbon-footprint distribution strategy, the book is available through Amazon and directly through her communications firm Gracefully Global Group, LLC. Organizations wishing to order 48 or more books for students should inquire about a discount by contacting info AT gracefullyglobal DOT com.

For six months, the author has been actively speaking and sharing insights with audiences as diverse as middle school students, small business owners and future MBAs. She is actively booking speaking engagements for 2011 and 2012 to share the book’s unique lessons. Call (510) 542-9449 or visit www.latinnovating.com to invite her to speak at your:

•   Entrepreneurship class
•   Sustainability event or program
•   "Author series" event
•   Earth Day 2012 event
•   Middle or high school
•   Community college or university
•   Business school
•   Hispanic Heritage event
•   Career fair

“I’m determined to provide young people with successful role models that many do not have. I want to show them real examples of how the path to success in our new economy, now more than ever, leads through higher education. Latinnovating’s stars are Latinos; the opportunities they’re creating are for everyone,” Tiscareño-Sato states.

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Graciela Tiscareño-Sato is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, School of Environmental Design. Her global sustainability experience began while leading the Green Enterprise Initiative at a Munich-headquartered firm. She helped enterprises understand the economic and environmental value of collaboration technologies. These solutions dramatically reduced corporations’ real estate needs, energy needs, employee commutes and their overall carbon footprints. The author actively mentors students who need education and career roadmaps, which this book provides. Her thought leadership pieces have published in the U.S. and Europe including Environmental Leader, Hispanic MBA, Communications News and many others. She earned a Masters degree in International Management from Whitworth College in Spokane, Washington while an active duty aviator with the U.S. Air Force. She owns her own marketing and communications firm, Gracefully Global Group, LLC.

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