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Patricia Mota, MPA

Captain · DISC type DS
Member at Chief
📍 Greater Chicago Area, United States

Patricia Mota is the President & CEO of the Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement (HACE), where she has significantly scaled the organizations national impact on Latino career advancement. A certified coach with an MPA, she is recognized for creating equitable workplaces. People often describe her as inspirational, tenacious, and a driven leader.

As the proud daughter of Mexican immigrants, Patricia is deeply connected to her heritage. Outside of her professional work, she is a fitness enthusiast, an avid runner, and a former group exercise dance instructor. This passion for dance led her to found the Latin Dance Club during her time at Indiana University.

She co-founded SHENIX, a fintech startup developing a financial tool to close the wealth gap by providing culturally relevant resources, starting with Latinas.

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Experience
20 Years
Current Role
Member
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Greater Chicago Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Patricia shows up

Decisive But Calm
Consummate Professional
Long-Term Thinker

They exhibit a rare combination of being result-oriented but patient at the same time. Reading between the lines and seeing beyond your words comes naturally to them. They might take some time to make their mind up but once they do, they don't change it easily.

Priorities

Topics Patricia cares about

Latino Career Advancement
As President & CEO of HACE, she has expanded the organization's reach to nearly 100, 000 members, creating pipelines for Latino talent across the country.
Financial Inclusion
Co-founded the fintech startup SHENIX to provide culturally relevant financial education and career tools to close the wealth gap for the Latina community.
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Career

Work history

1-2023
Member
Chief
1-2021
Co-Founder SHENIX Fintech
SHENIX
4-2015
President & CEO
Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement
10-2014 - 4-2015
Interim President
Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement
7-2012 - 10-2014
Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives
Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
M.P.A.
O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs
2019
Global Social Enterprise New Strategies Certificate
Georgetown University McDonough School of Business
2017
Effective Nonprofit Board Governance Certificate
Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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