“Your
work truly inspires Latino communities and is
certain to make a great impact on generations
to come. The enthusiastic tone of your presentations
is a key element in encouraging people of all
ages and experiences to become, as you say, “students
of success.”
Edward James Olmos
Actor & Co-Founder of Latino Book & Family
Festivals
Not only a prolific author of several international
best-sellers, but a sought-after motivational
speaker and a business coach in the areas of personal
development,
business excellence and leadership,
he is widely regarded in the Latin American corporate
arena and the U.S. Hispanic market as one of the
most influential speakers in the fields of peak
performance, personal and organizational success.
His enthusiasm, sense of humor, and refreshing
perspectives on “The American Dream”
have delighted and enlightened Hispanic and mainstream
audiences in the United States.
As he writes in his book, In Search of the American
Dream - A Guide to Succeeding in the United States,
Camilo arrived in the U. S. in 1980, with no knowledge
of the language, and with no more credentials
than a high school diploma, a few hundred dollars
and a bag full of dreams. The oldest son of school
teachers from a modest home in Latin America,
he came to the U.S. in search of his American
Dream; made it come true and now teaches others
how to make their dreams a reality. His accomplishments
are a great example of the entrepreneurial spirit
that so characterizes the immigrant experience.
AUTHOR:
Dr. Cruz is an internationally
best-selling author of over twenty books
and audiobooks,
with sales approaching one million copies. He
is one of the most prolific Latino authors in
the United States in the area of personal development.
His book “La Vaca” received the 2004
Latino Book Award for Best Self-Help Book in Spanish.
His latest book, “Think like a Millionaire”,
co-authored with leading American author Brian
Tracy, is rapidly becoming a must-read for Latino
entrepreneurs. Dr. Cruz has also made a profound
influence on people through his extensive collection
of audio programs which includes his personal
development system In Search of the American Dream
– A 30 Day Success Plan, a multimedia program
in Spanish that takes individuals through a series
of steps to translate dreams into goals, and goals
into action.
SPEAKER & TRAINER:
Through small in-house workshop on leadership
to life-changing events for 15,000 people, Dr.
Cruz has counseled people from every walk of life,
from "Fortune 500" executives to educators,
entrepreneurs, students, community and business
leaders. Clients
who benefit from his message include executives
from companies such as Goodyear, AT&T, 3M,
Warner Lambert, Bell Labs, Coca Cola and Motorola,
as well as leaders from Chambers of Commerce,
Educational Institutions and Professional Associations
in the U.S. and abroad.
His articles and columns have appeared in some
of the most important newspapers in the U.S. and
Latin America, among them Los Angeles “La
Opinión”, Miami’s New Herald
and El Diario La Prensa from New York. He is has
been featured on network television programs on
NBC, FOX and Univisión and radio talk shows
throughout the US where he presents his philosophy
on how to achieve success and create well-balanced
and fulfilling lives.
ENTREPRENEUR:
Dr. Cruz has launched three successful companies
and has served on the boards of several others.
He co-founded Yupi Internet (now latino.msn.com),
one of the most frequently visited Spanish-language
portals in the world, acquired by Microsoft. He
is the founder of Taller del Éxito Group,
a leading training and motivational company in
Latin America, and www.elexito.com, the first
self-improvement portal in the Internet directed
to the Spanish speaking market worldwide. He is
also the founder and active CEO of the Latino
Institute for Development, Education and Responsibility
(LIDER), an organization whose mission is to empower
Latinos with the personal and professional development
tools and strategies to achieve their American
Dream and become successful role models to future
generations of Americans.
SCIENTIST:
Dr. Camilo Cruz has been a professor of Quantum
Physics, Thermodynamics and Mathematics at several
universities in the U.S. He earned his M.S. in
Science and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Seton
Hall University.
In spite of all of these accomplishments, when
asked if he regards himself as an author, speaker,
entrepreneur or academician, Dr. Cruz prefers
to think of himself as both a coach and a cheerleader
to those individuals that have accepted the challenge
to become architects of their own destiny. His
work in support of the education and leadership
of Latino communities has been recognized by a
number of organizations in the U.S and Latin America.
His passion for his work is only surpassed by
his love for his family. He currently lives in
Southern California with Shirley, his college
sweetheart and wife of 16 years and his three
children, Richard Alexander, Mark Anthony and
Daniel Sebastian.
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