Graciela Tiscareņo-Sato is a bilingual sought-after speaker, Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Gracefully Global Group, LLC, the premiere publishing and marketing firm for Latino innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership case studies. She is the 4-time award-winning author of "Latinnovating: Green American Jobs and the Latinos Creating Them," an Amazon multicultural bestseller. " At the 2012 International Latino Book Awards in New York City, she picked up the following awards for Latinnovating: *1st Place, Best Business Book *1st Place, Best Nonfiction eBook *2nd Place, Best Nonfiction Young Adult Book Graciela speaks frequently at universities and colleges, business schools, industry conferences, education conferences, middle school and high school career events. Most recently she shared the stage with our Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, as keynote speaker at the Green Schools National Conference. Her ground-breaking book Latinnovating represents the convergence of Ms. Tiscareņo-Sato’s corporate sustainability and marketing experience, entrepreneurial drive and her desire to share compelling stories of innovation and leadership from the Latino community. Previously she led the global Green Enterprise Initiative at Munich, Germany-headquartered Siemens Enterprise Networks. She's a graduate of the School of Environmental Design, University of California at Berkeley, a former military officer and aviator, and an active mentor to Latino youth. She earned a Master degree in International Management from the School of Global Commerce at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington while on active duty with the U.S. Air Force flying onboard KC-135 refueling jets. Graciela’s thought leadership pieces have published in the U.S. and Europe including Environmental Leader, Hispanic MBA Magazine, Communications News, Enterprise Technology Management, Internet Telephony Magazine, Fox News Latino and others. She has been quoted in the New York Times and several national magazines. Graciela is a contributing blogger for the Huffington Post Green and Latino Voices section. Graciela was honored by LATINA Style Magazine as the national “Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2010. She’s a key organizer of the annual Silicon Valley Latino Leadership Summit. Graciela lives in the San Francisco east bay with her husband and three eco-conscious children.
