Valeria Aloe shares her experience of immigrating to the U.S. from Argentina and touches on the experiences of other Latinas to explore how profoundly the Latino experience has been shaped by colonization.

In 2020, Forbes reported that Latinos, both men and women, contributed a total of $2.6 trillion to the U.S. GDP. Despite this economic power, Latinas are paid significantly less than their white male counterparts.

Latinas are not only more likely to deal with imposter syndrome and feelings of inferiority and unworthiness in the workplace, but they are also at a higher risk of developing chronic illnesses.

Valeria Aloe was raised in a small town in Argentina and moved to the U.S. to pursue an MBA at Dartmouth. After years in a successful career, she found herself experiencing burnout.

In her 2021 book, Uncolonized Latinas, Aloe looks at the factors that led to her burnout and how decolonization work can help others in similar situations.