Extraordinary Women Radio With Kami Guildner

Today’s Extraordinary Women Radio guest, Juana Bordas – has been the founder and CEO of several organizations. Juana has been a woman of action – where she’s seen a need – she’s found a solution and gone out and started it. Juan is an inductee to the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame, and I’m always so honored to get to interview the inductees. Juana emigrated to the U.S. from Nicaragua on a banana boat. She’s led such an interesting life… and yes, we do talk about immigration in America today. The youngest daughter in a family of eight, she was the first to go to college. Upon graduating, she joined the Peace Corps and worked in the barrios of Santiago, Chile. Juana was a founder and executive director of Denver’s Mi Casa Women’s Center. Today, Mi Casa is is the largest Hispanic-serving organization in Colorado. She was founding-President of the National Hispana Leadership Institute (NHLI). In 2001 she founded the Circle of Latina Leadership focused on preparing the next generation of leaders. Her immigrant p