Dania Santana is an Afro-Latina journalist, author, and translator born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She is also an international speaker, trainer, and multicultural parenting expert raising cultural awareness to create social change. With over 20 years of experience in the communications arena, she has worked in the United States since 2004 for national companies, brands, and organizations both in the private and non-profit sectors. Also a storyteller, she has made it her mission to educate and empower individuals and organizations about the importance of a multicultural society, and to show how the contributions of Latinos are crucial to the advancement and success of the United States as a whole.She has a well-rounded background that goes from journalism to national advertising campaigns targeting the US Hispanic Market to becoming a social media influencer. She is the creator and founder of Embracing Diversity, a blog where she creates awareness about Diversity and Inclusion, American Latinos, and Multicultural Parenting. Dania is a Worker-Owner for the tilde Language Justice Cooperative. In her role as worker-owner, she is part of the translation, review, capacity building, project management, and communication teams. Although she has embraced the American lifestyle and culture, grateful to the country that welcomed her, she is and always will be grounded by her homeland, the Caribbean island where she will always belong: Quisqueya, La Bella, the sacred land of the Taíno people.