📍 DC-based. Award-winning Hispanic woman-owned PR firm working for a more equitable and inclusive world.
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Dolores Huerta leaves behind a powerful legacy of advocacy, grassroots organizing and collective action. As we reflect on her legacy, Vanguard President & CEO Maria Rodriguez shares five important lessons communicators can take from her life's work: vancomm.com/si-se-puede-what…
In a NEW blog, Vanguard's own Crystal Borde shares five lessons communicators can take away from the 2026 election cycle before Election Day even arrives: vancomm.com/building-narrati…
Exciting news! 🎉Vanguard is a 2027 #Elev8GovCon Honoree! Thanks to our employees and clients for helping us earn this recognition of our commitment to people, partnerships, and community impact. Congrats to all honorees! Here's to continuing to #DoItTheRightWay.
As #HHM2026 comes to a close, we’re celebrating the Latino voices and contributions shaping the communications field. Look back at Comunicadores for the future through the years and the next generation of Latino storytellers, leaders and changemakers!
Turning complex public health topics into clear, engaging content is what we do best. For this new video for @samhsagov, our team led the scriptwriting, animation, and production to demonstrate effective misuse prevention strategies.
Check it out: bit.ly/4s6W42a
Language shapes how we connect with communities. This Hispanic Heritage Month, we’re looking at AI and multilingual communication — and why human perspective still matters. Communicating across languages requires attention to culture, context and tone. vancomm.com/lost-in-translat…
✨ Behind every Comunicadores alum is a story worth sharing.
For #HispanicHeritageMonth, we asked alumni to reflect on their journeys and how Comunicadores will help shape their futures.
💬 Their stories highlight the power of heritage, storytelling & community.
Take a look ➡️
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It's spooky season! 🎃 👻
If you're not feeling festive this season, that's okay. Help is always available if you or someone you know is struggling with #MentalHealth or substance use.
Help yourself and share to help others: samhsa.gov/find-help
ALT A Halloween-themed informational poster with illustrated pumpkins, ghosts, and bats. It provides crisis helplines and resources: "988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline" (988 or 988lifeline.org), "Veterans Crisis Line" (Dial 988, press 1), "FindSupport.gov," "SAMHSA's National Helpline" (1-800-662-4357), "FindTreatment.gov," and "Disaster Distress Helpline" (1-800-985-5990). The poster emphasizes that help is available and includes the SAMHSA logo.
Earlier this month, Vanguard attended our first B Corporation™ conference, BLD Southeast! We connected with companies doing business for good, joined sessions focused on creating lasting impact and heard words of encouragement from U.S. Reps. Houlahan and Raskin.
This #HispanicHeritageMonth, we’re celebrating the power of local voices. 🎙️ Read our blog, “Hand Over the Mic: 7 Strategies to Amplify Local Voices,” and explore how communicators can listen, create space and elevate community perspectives. 🔗 vancomm.com/hand-over-the-mi…
What do crisis communications, reputation management and ethics have in common? More than we sometimes acknowledge.
In a new PRsay article, Vanguard's Crystal Borde says: Don't wait for a crisis to start building your ethical muscle: prsay.prsa.org/2026/09/23/if…
This Hispanic Heritage Month, Vanguard was proud to be on the ground supporting media efforts for @CHCI's Annual Leadership Conference & 49th Annual Awards Gala. We are proud of our team's support in amplifying conversations celebrating Latino leadership and service.
It’s Hispanic Heritage Month! 🌟
For Latina CEOs Maria Rodriguez (@tiaroddc) and Brigitta Toruño (@torunob), culture shapes how they lead — with service, kindness, passion and purpose.
Hear how their backgrounds influence their leadership styles.
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Twenty-five years later, September 11 remains a deeply personal and difficult day for so many—especially those who lived and worked in NYC, PA & DC areas in 2001.
Today, we remember the lives lost & hold close their loved ones & all whose lives were forever changed.
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Today, we honor those we lost on September 11. We will never forget. If today brings up difficult emotions, support is available: 988lifeline.org
ALT Patriot Day image with a heart-shaped US flag and the message "We Will Never Forget" in large text. Includes contact details for Veterans Crisis Line, 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, and Disaster Distress Helpline.
As we reflect on the extraordinary life and legacy of Gloria Steinem, our President and CEO Maria Rodriguez shares her thoughts on what communicators can learn from one of the most influential voices of social change: linkedin.com/pulse/gloria-st…
There's a new acronym in the water: GEO. In a NEW blog published to Bulldog Reporter, Vanguard's own LeAnne DeFrancesco shares practical tips to help communicators prepare for an AI-powered future: agilitypr.com/pr-news/pr-tec…. 🦈 No shark attacks here. Just strategy.
What an honor to serve an organization dedicated to supporting and inspiring our future leaders. 💚 In late July, Vanguard President and CEO Maria Rodriguez joined Girl Scouts from across the world in Washington, D.C., for the 58th National Council Session and Girl Scouts Unite.
Opportunity starts with access to information. We're revisiting a video we created with the @SBAgov's Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contracting Program designed to help women entrepreneurs prepare for federal contracting opportunities. #WOSB #WomenOwned