Flo Hernandez-Ramos

Flo Hernández-Ramos - helped found award-winning jazz public radio KUVO 89.3 FM in Denver, Colorado and for 23 years was its President and CEO, promoting diversity and a positive picture of communities of color. She created and along with numerous volunteers, hosted Canción Mexicana which the local newspaper dubbed “the spiciest” program on radio and was rated number one in Denver in its timeslot. After retiring from KUVO, she was one of the founders and the first CEO of the Latino Public Radio Consortium, an organization that for many years represented the national interests and promoted the local importance of Latino public radio stations in 14 states and Puerto Rico. LPRC also advocated for increased public radio service for Latinos from non-Latino controlled stations.