A platform for purpose-driven career growth
Hi 👋🏽, Welcome to CURA!
Together, we can build a social uplift platform for growth-minded, young adults to access and build a network of socially conscious leaders and mentors.
Curious?
Join us and we’ll figure it out together!
Upcoming Cura Chat
We are looking for the next speaker to make sure it is as amazing and impactful as the previous ones. So make sure you are subscribed to our email list so we can let you know as soon as we have our next chat ready!
Some of our Speakers
Meet Our Past Speakers

Anthony D. Mays
Career Coach, and Software Engineer - Ex Google

Joshua Gutierrez
Netflix (Pathways Program Lead)

Karla Enriquez
Business Communications Manager for WhatsApp

Wes Katayama
Talent Scout at Adobe

Claudia Salazar
Senior Director of Design at Studio G Architects, INC

Octavio Salazar
Lead Platform Architect at Google

Aileen Iñiguez
Data Scientist | Storyteller | Featured in Forbes & CNN

Mario X Carrasco
Co-founder & Principal at ThinkNow

Dino Barajas
Harvard Law Graduate and Partner at DLP Law Firm.

Vincent Cuellar
Partnership Marketing, Cardless

Valerie Miller Williams
Communications Strategist & Coach
Missed any of them? Check them out here and sign up early for the next one!
Cura Chats!
Ready to learn more from some of the experts on topics like careers, relationships and money? Same same.
That’s why we’ve curated a series of speakers who we know are helpful, open-minded, non judgmental companions who can help us through the tough topics. These are our kind of people, who are open to making themselves available for the long term, so we can all build stronger networks. Who doesn’t need that?
Interested? Sign up with your email below and we’ll send you an invite for the next speaker.
Cura + Crisis Text Line
We all need Mental Health support. Free. Text. 24/7. Spanish/English. Tell everyone. Text CURA to 741741.
Sometimes, life can be a bit much. Between relationships, thinking about your next job and how to pay the bills, Cura wants to provide you access to free emotional support. Welcome Crisis Text Line. We love how private, FREE and easy this is to use during those times you’d rather not share with someone in the next room, but you need to vent.
Crisis Text Line provides free, 24/7, high-quality text-based mental health support and crisis intervention by empowering a community of trained volunteers to support people in their moments of need.
All you have to do is text CURA ro 741741 to reach a Crisis Counselor that will be there to support you at anytime.
Tools
As part of our journey together, we will be creating tools that we hope will help you along the road.
Networking

Cura Linkedin Playbook
Find out some quick steps that will help you bring your Linkedin game up!
A few simple tweaks can help you look more professional and make a bigger impact in the largest professional social platform out there.

30% Club
This network promotes diversity on company and organizational boards through initiatives that educate companies on diversity, encouraging and supporting chairmen to/who appoint women to boards, and create greater awareness around the need for diversity.

Prospanica
A strong professional network can open doors and increase wealth. Prospanica provides its members with access to professional development conferences, job boards and connections to graduate programs, subject matter experts and corporations. The network features 47 chapters across the country and a reach of over 30,000 members.
Career

Coursera.org
Learn without limits
Start, switch, or advance your career with more than 5,000 courses, Professional Certificates, and degrees from world-class universities and companies.

Career One Stop
For Adults & Teens | Directory Search | Informative
Provides resources and guides for unemployment insurance benefits, career exploration, job training, as well as job searching.

Otta.com
Hiring career-focused candidates who want to work for the best companies. Tinder meets tech jobs.
Financial Education

SUMA
SUMA Wealth is the leading financial technology company devoted to increasing prosperity, opportunity, and financial inclusion for young, U.S. Latinos.

FinHabits
Finhabits is dedicated to helping the Latino community with investing. Finhabits CEO Carlos Armando Gracia founded the app to give minorities access to mainstream financial services and wealth-building tools. The app makes it easy for consumers to hone in on their investing goals, and is available in both English and Spanish.

My Money Game
An interactive graphic novel to avoid financial landmines.
A Financial education game designed to teach the basic concepts required to better manage money in the United States.
Mental Health

Crisis Text Line
Besides the great SMS based support, our partner Crisis Text Line offers several resources to help you better understand mental health to help you and those around you. And remember, if you’re in need of a supporting chat, text CURA to 741741!

Talking to Your Parents about Mental Health
For: Teens | Website | Informative
Provides tips and a letter template for addressing common mental health concerns with parents.

Anger Diary
All Ages | Interactive | PDF
Offers a way to reflect on how we responded when we were angry and identify triggers in order to prevent future outbursts.
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