7 Latina Influencers who Are Successful Entrepreneurs

Graphic design featuring 7 Latina women influencers and entrepreneurs: Michelle Phan, Lele Pons, Yovana Mendoza, Dulce Candy, Bethany Mota, Katy Roach, and Paola Alberdi.



Dulce Candy (@dulcecandy)

Dulce Candy is another Mexican-American and she has an interesting background because she started her YouTube channel while serving in the U.S. Army. She started in the beauty space, but over the years, she expanded her brand to include fashion, lifestyle, motherhood, wellness, spirituality, and mindfulness. Dulce has 1 million followers on Instagram, and her following continues to grow!


Graphic design that features an illustration of Doña Marina, La Maliche.

La Malinche is one of the most well-known historical figures and representatives of indigenous women in Mexico. Also known as Maltintzin, Malinalli, or Doña Marina (as the Spanish called her), she was known as Hernán Cortés’s translator during the Spanish conquest. As a result, La Malinche has been perceived as a traitor to her own people, something that has been memorialized in Mexican slang. Being called a “malinchista” is the same as being called disloyal or a traitor to one’s country and culture.

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woman at Mexico's international women's day protest

As March 8, 2025, approaches, Latin American feminist movements are preparing for another wave of International Women’s Day (IWD) mobilizations. Built on decades of Latin American activism, these annual demonstrations—marked by purple flags, green scarves, and demands for reproductive justice—contrast sharply with the escalating threats to Latinas in the U.S., where abortion bans, workplace inequities, and political marginalization signal a crisis of rights. The strategies honed in Latin America, from grassroots organizing to transnational legal advocacy, provide a critical roadmap for resilience that U.S. Latinas could leverage.

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