HOLA by Johnson & Johnson: Spreading knowledge and Professional Experiences with the OSF Students in Latin America

Genesis Milisde • December 13, 2024
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 In efforts to create more opportunities for the OSF students in Latin America, HOLA (Hispanic Organization for Leadership and Achievement), a Johnson & Johnson chapter have hosted several career panels lined with professionals from various industries and backgrounds to share their personal experiences of how they ended up where they are today and to teach the students how they can thrive in their academic and daily life endeavors. These career panels cover subjects related to diversity, talent management, how to discover strengths and weaknesses and use them both to their own advantage. They have emphasized the important role that resilience plays when trying to become a professional, the trials they have had to face while building up from scratch to try and help themselves and their families.

 

Clara Jimenez,, a lawyer from Johnson & Johnson hosted the career panel where she shared her knowledge and testimony about how important it is to rely on different resources to be able to succeed and how students can excel in their careers by applying different strategies and learning methods that can help develop skills to enter the workplace neither nationally or internationally. “It is vital to choose your circle wisely and stay focused on your goals and careers,” shared Daniela Sanchez who at the time studied microbiology, talking about her experience on discovering what she wanted to study and who she wanted to be. Moreover, Daniela, of a naturally curious personality, shared that she always had a desire to learn more and explained the benefits of wanting to explore different resources, and be on the lookout for learning opportunities to take advantage of.

 

Creating Opportunities

Bringing professionals onboard to talk to our students and share their experiences is a resource that we are always looking forward to providing. We encourage students to ask questions and to develop curiosity towards exploring new things that provide them with knowledge and opportunities.

 

It makes us proud to see how this initiative is growing and how personal our students in Latin America are taking this opportunity. The knowledge road is a never ending one and our goal is to provide our students with all the necessary tools to grow, develop and succeed.

 

We are planning to keep partnering with professionals that are willing to make an impact worldwide and share their knowledge with our students so they can open their eyes to all the possibilities available to create a better future and break the cycles of poverty and abuse within their communities. We are grateful with the HOLA chapter of J&J and the love they have for OSF and how dedicated they are to teach and help our Latin American community to succeed.

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OSF. YOU ARE NOT ONLY CHANGING LIVES, YOU ARE NOW SAVING THEM AS WELL.

 

Please continue to give at www.osf.org/donate


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