Our Lead: Angelette
Angelette Aviles, of Puerto Rican descent, was raised in Washington D.C. by a father who served as an Army officer working in the Pentagon and a mother who was an Editor of a trade association. Jump forward 12 years, and today Angelette considers herself to be a typical Hispanic in the state of Florida, which is fairly young with children and business owner who prefers to read in English. Like so many other 1st generation Americans, she balances two identities holding her Puerto Rican culture and values close to her heart while rockin’ to the tunes of “generation X.”
Aviles has provided much insight to what motivates Hispanics through her communications firm, Americas Marketing & Graphics, and through her various community and political affiliations. As a guest speaker at various events some of her topics of discussion have included, "Marketing Beyond Boundaries, The Power and Influence of Hispanics and Confidence: Body Language and the Value of Role Models." She is currently serving on the Hispanic Leadership Council of the Republican Party of Florida and Area Director for the McCain Hispanic Coalition. The Hispanic print and television media calls her upon as a respected source for commentary in regards to elections from a Republican perspective and has served the party or non-partisan efforts as a panelist. Some include: Florida this Week, Centro Mi-Diario, Siete Dias, Creative Loafing, Univision, and Bay News 9.
In 2007, Angelette was selected as one of six women and the first Hispanic to participate in a statewide yearlong leadership program called the Tillie Fowler Series (a part of the national Excellence in Public Service Series). She graduated from the scholarship-based program, once sponsored by the RNC, which encourages and prepares selected women leaders to seek new levels of involvement in government and politics. This program also provided a network source with access to political leaders responsible for candidate recruitment and appointments.
Angelette is able to put her partisan hat aside and participates in several organizations such as the Hispanic Professional Women’s Association and the Hispanic Young Professional Entrepreneurs as well as a selected Board Member of the Early Learning Coalition of Hillsborough County which oversees an approximate $80 million budget. Her recent accomplishment is a bi-partisan joint effort, along with Evelyn Hale, called Hispanic Vision Forum, which provides encouragement and empowerment to the Hispanic community by taking advantage of the spotlight the political process brings them while expressing their message back to politicians and government agencies.
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