Eva Longoria tells PEOPLE she was inspired by the volunteers who worked with her family and helped her older sister, Liza, who was born with an intellectual disability
A study she commissioned with UCLA revealed a startling lack of Latinas in STEM fields. So she launched theHer foundation provides Latinas with entrepreneurial training and education support, powered by the $3.7 million they’ve raised to help Latinas with STEM education.“My hope is there’s no need for the foundation in 10 years,” she says. “Philanthropy and foundations are supposed to catch people who fall through the cracks that the system really didn’t work for.
“It’s created this sisterhood among my peers and colleagues in the industry,” she says. “We’re breaking out of the mold they created where there’s only room for one woman at the top … and breaking that mold has been so liberating for us.”Santiago, 20 months, who she shares with husband José Bastón, has given Longoria’s work a new urgency.
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