28th Annual DATOS: The State of the Arizona’s Hispanic Market

28th Annual DATOS: The State of the Arizona’s Hispanic Market on Thursday, September 26, 2024. For over 27 years, the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (AZHCC) has published DATOS: The State of Arizona’s Hispanic Market, the most comprehensive compilation of research on the impact of Hispanics in the Arizona marketplace.

As part of our partnership with Vitalyst Health Foundation, DATOS is a dynamic framework that explores data on Arizona Hispanics in relation to the social determinants of public health including but not limited to, education, economic opportunity, and healthcare. There are 12 elements of a healthy community, and every year we select one for an in-dept perspective. This year, in addition to sharing data on the Hispanic population and businesses, we will highlight the topic of Quality Affordable Food.

DATOS provides a comprehensive overview by subject matter experts and we are excited to announce this year’s Keynote Speaker,
Barbie Izquierdo. Learn more about her background below.

Join us and Arizona’s most influential business and community leaders at DATOS!Register HereKeynote Speaker Barbie Izquierdo. Barbie is a member of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition. In 2022, she was awarded the Citizen Prize by Global Citizen, which celebrates remarkable changemakers who are taking exceptional actions to end extreme poverty now. Barbie Izquierdo, is the Director, Neighbors Community Engagement at Feeding America. She is a global spokesperson with lived expertise, trailblazing in the movement to fight the exploitation of people with lived experience who have been affected by public policy. Born and raised in North Philadelphia, her family experienced food insecurity firsthand. As a result, she has turned her experience into expertise with years of direct service experience, grassroots organizing, and advising non-profit organizations.  She is an expert on food insecurity and other social justice issues, and an advocate, organizer, and consultant providing technical support regarding the engagement and inclusion of people with living experiences. With a background of 15 years in this work, she has shared her insight and story regarding hunger and poverty, including in the call to action documentary “A Place at the Table”.  Barbie has used her personal and advocacy journey as a catalyst for policy change, and her mission is to help bring dignity and equity into the frameworks used by non-profit organizations and government entities. She takes pride in providing impactful public speaking driven grounded in vulnerability, truth, and authenticity, to empower and motivate thought leaders and organizations to action. Barbie Izquierdo is a courageous mother who brings humanity to social justice issues like food insecurity and poverty in America.