Marisa Aurora Quiroz builds movements. From the barrio to the boardroom, she was born to lead. She has mastered the art of giving from the heart and has led a life of service. It’s in her blood, and it flows like the river near her home in the San Diego Tijuana region—which no border can contain.

Giving comes naturally to me because I grew up with it. We took care of each other, looked out for one another. My grandmother, Aurora Adela Marquez, instilled in us global awareness—a collective sense of we, not just me. Even though we didn’t call it philanthropy, we were living out these values everyday.

A family sense of the collective we have led Marisa to invest her time and energy to directly impact the Latino community.

“Latinos are underrepresented within philanthropy, not because we aren’t givers,” she said, “but because the way we give is not counted. HIP’s mission is changing that.” When told that ‘Latino’s don’t give,’ she co-founded The Latina Giving Circle, a community of women who want to uplift, celebrate and share the philanthropic traditions and values of the Latino community.

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