For more than two decades now during the month of October, the color pink has been a symbol of awareness, and women and men alike across the world unabashedly wear it in support of breast cancer victims and its survivors.
In the early 2000s, Marisol Santiago from Villalba was gainfully employed in the healthcare industry, providing for her family while investing in her future. However, following the onset of the global recession, which still plagues Puerto Rico, Marisol was laid off from her job.
Doral Bank announced Wednesday the 20 winners of this year’s edition of its “Despegue Empresarial” initiative — a component of its Mujeres d Éxito community program — through which it will assign a total of $700,000 to support the professional and economic growth of women in Puerto Rico.