Visionary Leader
Honoring Latinas who lead organizations, movements, and communities with bold vision and transformative impact.
Celebrating Excellence Since Founding
Celebrating the visionaries, trailblazers, and changemakers whose stories inspire a generation.
Founded by NiCalé Cruz
```Who We Are
Latina Awards exists to amplify the voices, achievements, and legacies of Latina women who are reshaping industries, communities, and culture across the globe.
Founded by NiCalé Cruz with an unwavering belief that representation changes everything, we create a platform where Latina excellence is not the exception — it is the standard.
Recognition
Honoring Latinas who lead organizations, movements, and communities with bold vision and transformative impact.
Recognizing the rising stars under 35 who are already rewriting the rules in their fields.
Celebrating Latina founders building businesses that create wealth, opportunity, and lasting economic change.
For the women whose dedication to their communities creates ripples of change across generations.
Celebrating Latina artists, performers, and creators who preserve, innovate, and amplify our culture.
Honoring Latinas breaking barriers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
The Founder
"When we see ourselves celebrated, we dare to dream bigger. Latina Awards was born from a simple truth: our stories deserve the grandest stage."
NiCalé Cruz founded Latina Awards with a singular mission — to create the definitive platform for honoring Latina excellence. Drawing from her own experiences navigating spaces where Latinas were underrepresented, NiCalé built an institution that does not just recognize achievement, but actively shapes the future of what Latina leadership looks like.
NiCalé Cruz
Founder & Executive Director, Latina Awards
The Process
Select the award category that best reflects the nominee's outstanding achievements and contributions.
Share the impact, journey, and achievements that make this Latina extraordinary and deserving of recognition.
Submit your nomination and rally your community to amplify her story far and wide.
Join us at the Latina Awards ceremony as we honor the women who are writing history.
Voices
Receiving a Latina Award was a turning point. It gave me the visibility and validation I needed to scale my company and inspire others in my community.
NiCalé Cruz built something rare — a space where Latina excellence is expected, celebrated, and elevated to its rightful place.
The Latina Awards isn't just an award — it's a movement. It gave my work a platform I never imagined possible and connected me with a sisterhood of powerhouses.
Open Nominations
Every nomination is an act of love and recognition. Help us find the extraordinary women whose stories the world needs to hear.