--- description: TIME's annual list of the Latino trailblazers changing their industries, the U.S., and the world. title: Latino Leaders 2025 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb113e8478517a9c6/6998c9b3d32e93edf2cd7549/LatinoLeaders-Social.png?branch=production ---  # Latino Leaders 2025 From entertainment to activism, sports to space, 12 people who are making their mark on their fields, the U.S., and the world [How We Chose](/7314985/how-we-chose-latino-leaders-2025/) ## *  [How The Bear’s Liza Colón-Zayas Helps People Feel Seen](/collections/latino-leaders-2025/7310760/liza-colon-zayas/) byJudy Berman *  [Karl-Anthony Towns Wants to Represent His Dominican Mother On and Off the Court](/collections/latino-leaders-2025/7310768/karl-anthony-towns/) bySean Gregory *  [Isabel Allende Tells the Stories of the Silenced](/collections/latino-leaders-2025/7310759/isabel-allende/) byJuwayriah Wright *  [Katya Echazarreta Fulfilled Her Dream of Going to Space. Now She’s Paying It Forward](/collections/latino-leaders-2025/7310761/katya-echazarreta/) byJeffrey Kluger *  [SNL’s Marcello Hernandez Mines His Life for Laughs](/collections/latino-leaders-2025/7310763/marcello-hernandez/) bySolcyré Burga *  [NBC’s Tom Llamas Is Not Here to Take Sides](/collections/latino-leaders-2025/7310765/tom-llamas/) byCharlotte Alter *  [Daphne Frias Is Connecting the Dots Between Climate and Public Health](/collections/latino-leaders-2025/7310762/daphne-frias/) bySimmone Shah *  [How Bartender Ignacio 'Nacho' Jimenez Proved His Skeptics Wrong](/collections/latino-leaders-2025/7310764/ignacio-nacho-jimenez/) byChantelle Lee *  [Shark Tank's Daniel Lubetzky Is Building a Movement of Moderates](/collections/latino-leaders-2025/7310766/daniel-lubetzky/) byBelinda Luscombe *  [Isabela Merced Refuses to Separate Her Art and Identity](/collections/latino-leaders-2025/7310767/isabela-merced/) byRebecca Schneid *  [Gustavo Ajche Is Fighting for the Dignity of Delivery Workers](/collections/latino-leaders-2025/7310770/gustavo-achje/) byAndrew R. Chow *  [Why Emma Rodriguez-Ayala Is Betting on Women’s Sports](/collections/latino-leaders-2025/7310769/emma-rodriguez-ayala/) bySean Gregory ## Project Credits * Project Editors:Lori Fradkin and Ruairí Arrieta-Kenna * Art:Chelsea Kardokus * Audience:Diana Elbasha and Kitty Ruskin * Digital:Nadia Suleman * Photo:Alis Atwell * Video:Jeannie Kopstein, Brian Braganza, Man Sum Lai, Joey Lautrup, Alexandra Robson and Justine Simons * Illustrations:Marisol Ortega for TIME Latino Leaders 2025 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/latino-leaders-2025/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/latino-leaders-2025/"},"headline":"Latino Leaders 2025","description":"From entertainment to activism, sports to space, these 12 people are making their mark on their fields, the U.S., and the world","url":"https://time.com/collections/latino-leaders-2025/","datePublished":"2026-03-17T00:09:22.814Z","dateModified":"2026-03-17T00:09:22.500Z","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156}},"mainEntity":{"@type":"ItemList","numberOfItems":12,"itemListOrder":"Descending"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb113e8478517a9c6/6998c9b3d32e93edf2cd7549/LatinoLeaders-Social.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/latino-leaders-2025/","name":"Latino Leaders 2025"}}]}] ```