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Meriden native creates event to empower Latinas
Growing up in central Connecticut, Marilyn Alverio said she faced discrimination. As a professional, working at a director level, she realized there was a lack of opportunities for Latinas when it came to leadership roles.
The Latinas & Power Symposium was created by Alverio — a Meriden native with Puerto Rican family roots — 19 years ago. She contacted a group of other Latinas working in the Hartford area and they started to get together for lunch to discuss strategies for success, leading Alverio to create the Latinas & Power Symposium.




