From Decision Takers to Opinion Makers, the Most Successful Creative Men and

Women in the Latino Community

Poder Hispanic Magazine’s

100 Most Influential Hispanics in America

PODER HISPANIC MAGAZINE’S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL HISPANICS IN AMERICA

Sandra de Castro Buffington Director, Hollywood, Health & Society, USC

A prescription for health: She may not be a household name, but her work has reached nearly every home in the country: Anyone who has seen “House,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and countless other TV shows has felt de Castro Buffington’s influence. That’s because as director of Hollywood, Health & Society, a program of the Uni-versity of Southern California Annenberg Norman Lear Center, de Castro Buffington advises show writers and producers on health storylines—everything from cervical cancer to rape to exotic diseases encountered overseas. She also connects them with all kinds of health professionals and specialists, helping show runners build not only believable storylines, but ones beneficial to the viewers as well. She’s worked with telenovela producers to weave in information about cancers that dispropor-tionately affect Latinas. Going viral globally: De Castro Buffington has traveled around the world to share her program’s model with nonprofits and TV executives, hoping to make a difference in TV audiences’ health.

Sandra de Castro Buffington

PODER HISPANIC MAGAZINE’S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL HISPANICS IN AMERICA

“The people on this list are hard working, focused and intense in their [professions], and committed to improving their communities.”

Sonia Sotomayor Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Antonio Villaraigosa Mayor, City of Los Angeles Manuel Medina Mora Head of Consumer Banking,Citigroup Guillermo del Toro Film director Marco Rubio U.S. Senator (Fla.)

Jose Gomez Archbishop of Los Angeles

Sofia Vergera Actress, co-star of “Modern Family” Isaac Lee President of News, Univision Mariano Rivera Ace relief pitcher, New York Yankees Salma Hayek Actress, producer Joe Echeverria CEO, Deloitte LLC Hilda Solis U.S. Secretary of Labor Gustavo Dudamel Conductor, L.A. Philharmonic

Antonio Lucio CMO, Visa Julian Castro Mayor, City of San Antonio Jennifer Lopez Singer & Entrepreneur

Bernardo Hees CEO, Burger King Soledad O’Brien CNN anchorwoman & journalist Emilio Romano President, Telemundo Joseph Westphal Under Secretary of the U.S. Army Maria Teresa Kumar Executive director, Voto Latino Nina Tassler President, CBS Entertainment

among the names on top 100 list

Gustavo Dudamel

Antonio Villaraigosa

Sonia Sotomayor

Manuel Medina Mora

Mariano Rivera

Salma Hayek

Guillermo del Toro

Marco Rubio

Soledad O’Brien

Sofia Vergera