Posts by Oscar Torres

It was an incredible week April 24th to April 29th we visited Puerto Rico to participate in the Professional Women Controller (PWC) Conference in San Juan. President Oscar Torres had the opportunity to begin the week by visiting the CERAP on Monday 4/24/23 and met with coalition members in the facility to express our solidarity…

On Saturday 10/29 members of our National Hispanic Coalition in San Juan, Puerto Rico took part in “Girls in Aviation Day” held at the Puerto Rico FBO in Isla Grande. Aviation professionals along with Federal Aviation Administration colleagues participated and held discussions about their aviation careers. Over 300 Students from 10-17 years old attended and…

NHCFAE President Oscar Torres, Vice President John Espinosa and Director of Resources Erik Salazar were in attendance at the Annual FAA Managers Association Convention held in Orlando, FL the week of October 22nd.  Federal Aviation Administration managers play a pivotal role in supporting our NHCFAE and we thank FAA Managers Association and their President Elizabeth…

Celebrations  took place around the country this year which included some of the following: NHCFAE members highlighted on FAA video Southwest Region Regional Director The celebrations continued around the country with in personsgatherings that began on September16th . Our Southwest region director Lydia Gomez-Martinez gathered with local members of our NHCFAE and local elected leaders of…

On 10/13/22 President Oscar Torres partnered with Federal Aviation Administration Employment Manager Migdalia Gonzalez,  NBCFAE President Freddie Greene and NBCFAE member Stacey Holt to attend a Career Fair in Vaugh College of Aeronautics & Technology. This career fair was attended by hundreds of Vaugh College Students and the team was able to discuss FAA careers…

On the weekend of October 7th, 2022 NHCFAE President Oscar Torres and Outreach coordinator Ruth Hurtado joined the FAA Hispanic Employment Manager and member of our coalition Migdalia Gonzalez, Raina Price Senior HR and talent Acquisition Manager at HACU’s 36th Annual Conference on Hispanic Higher Education. This conference was attended by over 2,500 participants and our…

Southern Region Director Friday Lazala and President Oscar Torres were joined by hundreds of K-12 students at the Annual SAFEE flight expo celebrated at Opa Locka Airport in September. The NHCFAE was joined by our counter parts at PWC and NBCFAE and other organizations to promote aviation and FAA careers. Students from across the local…

It was an honor for our NHCFAE to once again be present at the Annual Global Festival celebrating Latinas in Aviation.  This year the event was even more special to us since  4 authors of Volume 2 of Latinas in Aviation are members of our NHCFAE FAAmilia. We are extremely proud of Liz Alvarado (Vol.…