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Kety has over 15 years of experience in the non-profit, private and political sectors.  She directed Latino outreach for the Clark Presidential Campaign.  Her work has taken her to China where she lived for nearly four years and to Ethiopia with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa.  She spent three years coaching executives on human capital and diversity in the US, Canada and Latin America for Eastman Kodak Company.  She has worked as the New Media Manager for the National Council of La Raza and as the interim Executive Director for Latinos in Social Media.

Kety is a published author and co-founder of several start-ups.  She has served on several boards, including that of the Puerto Rican Youth Development and Resource Center and the New Leaders Council.  She has been a speaker at Netroots Nation, SXSW, Personal Democracy Forum, BlogHer, the Center for New Words, Gov 2.5 and Gov 2.0 Camp LA.  She has worked with O’Reilly Media, Blogalicious, Women Action and the Media and Nonprofit 2.0 Unconference.  She has been a convener for Web of Change and She’s Geeky and is a past editor of BlogHer.  Her commentary has been featured and quoted in stories for the Wall Street Journal Online, HITN, PBS, XM Radio, Democracy Now, CNN, Televisa and Univision.  She also blogs on the Huffington Post.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University where she served on the Board of Trustees.

You can follow her on Twitter @KetyE.  In her spare time, Kety loves to travel, explore new cultures, read, write, dance and hang out with her family and her small Pomeranian Max.