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title: Yai Vargas is On a Mission to Bridge the Gap Between Diverse Talent & Organizations
description: Yai Vargas is On a Mission to Bridge the Gap Between Diverse Talent & Organizations. Her focus is on empowering women in the Latinx community through career and skills development.
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# [Yai Vargas is On a Mission to Bridge the Gap Between Diverse Talent & Organizations](https://www.weareluminary.com/member-highlight/yai-vargas-is-on-a-mission-to-bridge-the-gap-between-diverse-talent-organizations)

 Written by [Luminary](https://www.weareluminary.com/member-highlight/author/luminary) | Oct 2, 2019 7:43:33 PM

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**Tell us a bit about yourself? **I am Yai Vargas, aka the LinkedIn Ninja, I am a community builder. My mission day in and out is helping individuals understand how to brand themselves and articulate their values when it comes to their career & leadership development.  With [The Latinista](https://www.thelatinista.com/), I host monthly events where Latinas and women of color invest in learning new skill-based and habit changing strategies for career mobility. The Latinista has chapters in NYC, Miami, Chicago and LA where I travel almost weekly to meet with community leaders, executives, organizations and individuals to bridge the gap between diverse talent and organizations. I am a national public speaker on women’s empowerment, LinkedIn branding and female entrepreneurship.

**How did you get started with your current career path/business journey? ** I have always been in the diversity & inclusion space - I wanted to create a community and a network for Latinas and women of color that are invested in career and leadership development because I saw the need for my network.  

**What do you find is the most rewarding aspect of what you do? **Being able to help women find career opportunities and receive promotions because of the workshops we do.  

**How are you inviting other women to take a seat at the table? **The workshops I curate focus on self-assessment, goal-setting, and role-playing with the mission of making your next big career move. The women I help are showing up to change their career trajectory and they are completely invested in doing the work to get to the next step. 

**What impact has Luminary made in your career? **Luminary has enabled me to host various workshops for my community as well as helped me share my work with their members by way of networking.

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