WHO WE ARE

WHO WE ARE

Avanzando Juntos is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization providing aspiring Latino entrepreneurs and small business owners startup capital allowing the recipients to eventually attract outside credit.

WHO WE SERVE

We serve the city of Tulsa’s Latino community, including immigrants, Spanish-speaking business owners, and low-to-moderate-income individuals, by focusing on areas where the barriers of language, culture, and conventional lending have impeded the growth of small businesses. 

OUR MISSION

To advance the success and ensure inclusion of Tulsa’s Latino community through building prosperity, community ownership and civic power.

OUR STORY

All begins here...
All begins here...

IN PANDEMIC

During the COVID-19 pandemic, all small businesses felt the impact. However, the suffering and economic consequences were neither equal nor equitable for every business owner or entrepreneur.

A direct and urgent response was needed to address the disparity in how Latino-owned businesses could access relief capital during the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020
2020

GROWING TOGETHER

A Tulsa nonprofit, took action by teaming up with community partners and securing private donations to start the Mi Gente Fund in december 2020. This emergency loan program aimed to support local Latino-owned businesses and keep them going through the pandemic. 
2020
2020

SUPPORT

This emergency loan program aimed to support local Latino-owned businesses and keep them going through the pandemic. The loan fund provided $450,000 in zero-interest loans to 76 Latino-owned small businesses that were either ineligible for or unable to access federal pandemic assistance. 
2022
2022

AVANZANDO JUNTOS

We became an independent 501(c)(3) in 2022 and absorbed the Mi Gente Loan Fund to advance the programming to create a more inclusive economy in Tulsa. Since taking over the Mi Gente Loan Fund, Avanzando Juntos has become an ecosystem of resources for Latino entrepreneurs looking to launch, sustain, or grow their businesses. Avanzando Juntos aims to increase the stability and vibrancy of the Latino community in Tulsa by providing access to capital, business education, and ongoing mentoring support

OUR TEAM

Onelia Macchia Anzola
Executive Director
Perla Rodriguez
Small Business Lending Specialist Jr
Marcela Cornejo Program Coordinator

OUR BOARD

Francisco Ibarra
Chair
Katia Anaya
Vice Chair
Damien Ochoa
Treasure
Luisa Krug
Executive Director Global District
Maria Almeida
VP, Bilingual Financial Center Leader at Bank of Oklahoma
Raquel Flores
Founder of DevelopEDGE Solutions

OUR FUNDERS

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